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Warden Message: Burma Bomb Blasts Target Water Festival
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
East Asia / Pacific - Burma
15 Apr 2010

U.S. Embassy Rangoon issued the following Warden Message on April 15, 2010:

This warden message is to alert U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Burma that at 15:10 on Thursday, April 15, 2010, the U.S. Embassy received reports that three or possibly four bombs exploded in Rangoon at or near one of the Water Festival pandols near Kan Daw Gyi Lake. Current reports indicate that two people may have been killed and at least sixteen people may have been injured. The U.S. Embassy is investigating the incident.

There is no evidence that there is any specific threat to U.S. citizens or U.S. Government interests. However, American citizens are urged to avoid the area around Kan Daw Gyi Lake for at least the remainder of the day. In addition, U.S. citizens are urged to exercise caution in moving around Rangoon, particularly in areas where large crowds are gathered, for the duration of the Water Festival.