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Viewing cable 05RANGOON542, DEADLY EXPLOSIONS ROCK RANGOON

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05RANGOON542 2005-05-07 14:36 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Rangoon
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 RANGOON 000542 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, DS/IP/EAP; DEA FOR PS; PACOM FOR FPA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINS ASEC CASC BM
SUBJECT: DEADLY EXPLOSIONS ROCK RANGOON 
 
REF: RANGOON 489 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1. (U) Summary: On the afternoon of Saturday May 7, three 
nearly simultaneous explosions at two busy shopping centers 
and an official trade fair in downtown Rangoon reportedly 
killed and injured dozens.  GOB military and police units 
immediately secured the explosion locations, beefed up their 
presence at major intersections and key government 
installations, and closed large shopping centers and markets. 
 However, overall, Rangoon remained quiet and many retail 
shops stayed open for the rest of the day. 
 
2. (SBU) Post's EAC convened to review developments: all 
American diplomats are accounted for; there were no known 
Amcit casualties; and Post will hold a town meeting o/a May 
11 to share known information with American citizens.  The 
consular section issued a telephonic warden message advising 
all Amcits to avoid crowded public places, including shopping 
areas, malls, and markets.  Although the explosions resembled 
an April 27 bombing in Mandalay, today's events were unusual 
as they were clearly coordinated and targeted to cause 
serious loss of life and damage.  End Summary. 
 
Three Simultaneous Explosions 
 
3. (U) Mid-afternoon on Saturday May 7, three deadly 
explosions rocked crowded areas at three locations throughout 
greater Rangoon.  Local residents and several Embassy 
personnel could hear at least two of the explosions, which 
occurred between approximately 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. local 
time at two greater downtown locations, the Pazundaung Trade 
Center in southeast central Rangoon and a grocery store 
("City Mart") inside the Dagon Shopping Center near People's 
Park. 
 
4. (U) A third explosion took place at about 3:00 p.m. at a 
second City Mart grocery store located within a small 
shopping center at Eight Mile Junction (aka Junction Eight), 
a busy commercial intersection eight miles north of downtown 
Rangoon and close to the SPDC's Ministry of Defense compound. 
 
Casualties Reported 
 
5. (U) According to local sources and eye-witnesses, each of 
the three explosions resulted in serious casualties, with 
reports ranging from several killed and injured at the trade 
center to several or dozens killed and injured at each of the 
two grocery stores.  A senior police official told Emboff 
that five individuals were killed at the Junction Eight City 
Mart and over 40 injured, many of them seriously.  Sources at 
the Yangon General Hospital reported at least ten dead 
victims and over 150 injured, including several slightly 
injured foreigners, with overflow patients being directed to 
other city hospitals.  Official state radio acknowledged that 
three explosions had occurred and reported 11 killed and 162 
injured. 
 
6. (U) There were no known Amcit casualties at any of the 
explosion sites, however the two City Mart grocery stores are 
frequented by many foreign residents, including Amcits.  One 
source told Emboff that several foreigners, possibly Koreans, 
may have been among the casualties at Junction Eight.  The 
Burmese owner of the City Mart chain told Emboff that many of 
her employees were among the casualties, "with possibly 20 or 
30 killed." 
 
7. (U) The Pazundaung Trade Center is currently hosting an 
official "Thailand Trade Fair," co-sponsored by the Thai and 
GOB Ministries of Commerce, and the three-story building was 
crowded on Saturday afternoon with trade fair participants 
and shoppers.   Thai Embassy officials told Emboffs that no 
Thai citizens or officials were known to be among the 
casualties at the trade fair.  The shopping centers where the 
other two explosions occurred were also crowded with weekend 
shoppers. 
 
Security Units Deployed, Rangoon Quiet 
8. (U) GOB military and police units immediately secured the 
explosion locations, manned major downtown intersections, and 
closed shopping centers and central markets.  Although 
Emboffs and Embassy sources witnessed a heavy security 
presence at the three explosion sites, overall Rangoon was 
quiet and many businesses and retail shops remained opened 
for the rest of the day. 
 
EAC Convenes 
9. (SBU) Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened at 
1830 to review information and discuss developments.  Post 
has accounted for all American diplomats and will convene a 
town meeting o/a May 11 to share information with American 
citizens.  The consular section issued a telephonic warden 
message advising all Amcits to avoid crowded public places, 
including shopping areas, malls, and markets. 
 
Comment:  Coordinated and Targeted 
 
10. (U) There was no immediate claim of responsibility for 
the explosions.  The GOB, during evening broadcasts on 
official state radio and television, identified various 
domestic armed groups and exile organizations as the culprits 
(but offered no evidence linking the groups to the bombings), 
including the Karen National Union (KNU), the Shan State 
Army-South (SSA-S), the Karenni National Progressive Party 
(KNPP), and the National Coalition Government of the Union of 
Burma (NCGUB). 
 
11. (SBU) The day's events resembled a deadly explosion at a 
crowded market in Mandalay on April 26, for which the GOB 
reported two persons killed and 15 injured and blamed an 
unidentified "group of insurgent destructive elements" 
(reftel).  The multiple Rangoon blasts, however, were highly 
unusual in that they were so clearly coordinated and targeted 
to cause serious loss of life and damage.  End Comment. 
Martinez