NAYPYITAW, 06 October 2021, (TON): According to police sources “four police officials, including a lieutenant colonel, were injured after a parcel bomb went off at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters in Naypyitaw on Tuesday evening.”

The parcel, which had been labelled as evidence, exploded when police officials opened it, said an official who requested anonymity.

The official told media “the parcel was among the evidence packages for explosion cases sent from other towns.”

One officer, Police Lt-Col Zaw Than, sustained serious injuries to his leg, the source said. Details of the injuries to the other three police officials were unknown at the time of reporting.

Another police official in Yangon confirmed the bomb blast at the CID headquarters, but refused to disclose further details.

The headquarters of the CID is located in Zeya Theiddhi, a ward in Naypyitaw’s Zabuthiri Township. It is a short distance from the head offices of the Myanmar Police Force, under which it operates, and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Myanmar’s ruling junta, called the State Administration Council, meets at a location about 5km from where the explosion occurred. Other key offices, including those of the ministries of foreign affairs and information, are also in the same area.