Member of the State Administration Council Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Soe Htut inspected the location where explosion took place in Insein Prison in Yangon Region together with relevant officials in the afternoon of 19 October.
In the morning of 19 October, the bombs inside the parcels from terrorists exploded inside and outside of the parcel reception office near the prison gate and it killed a total of eight person including three prison staff and five civilian visitors who delivered the parcels to the prisoners, and another 18 including five prison staff and 13 civilians were wounded.
Security forces send the 18 injured people sent to Insein General Hospital for necessary treatment. Then, the security forces cleared the blast area and they found a hand-made mine from a parcel packed with a plastic bag and defused it.
Then, the Union minister and party presided over a meeting on security issues and instructed necessary measures based on the reports of prison officials and he then met and comforted families of deceased and injured prison staff and provided cash assistance. Afterward, the Union minister and party went to Insein General Hospital and comforted the injured prison staff and peo- ple, and also provided necessary assistance.
Source: Myawady Daily Newspaper (20-10-2022)
- The bombs inside the parcels from terrorists exploded inside and outside of the parcel reception office near the prison gate and it killed a total of eight person including three prison staff and five civilian visitors who delivered the parcels to the prisoners, and another 18 including five prison staff and 13 civilians were wounded.
- The Union minister and party met and comforted families of deceased and injured prison staff and provided cash assistance and then went to Insein General Hospital and comforted the injured prison staff and people, and also provided necessary assistance.