Last week, a series of small explosions caused by homemade explosive devices went off in various locations across Yangon. In all three cases, the explosives were constructed by putting chemicals inside M150 energy drink bottles.
Although no one was harmed in any of the incidents and police have detained three suspects in relation to the crimes, security is being ramped up at major public locations across the country.
This includes Myanmar’s most famous attraction, Shwedagon Pagoda, where bottles and cans containing liquids can no longer be brought onto the premises.
“We can’t just examine the liquids inside the bottles on the spot. It’s also difficult to inspect every single bottle. This rule will be in place until we can be absolutely sure that there is no danger,” Tun Aung Ngwe, deputy head of the pagoda’s board of trustees, told 7Day.
He also confirmed that more security personnel have been placed in and around the pagoda, and bag and body inspections are being carried out more thoroughly.
As an FYI, the ban on bottles and cans also include water bottles. Ah, that should be fun in this heat.
