At least 8 killed in Myanmar Insein Prison blasts

Al Jazeera :
At least eight people have been reported killed following two explosions inside Myanmar’s high-security Insein Prison, according to media reports.
The BBC’s Burmese-language news service reported that two parcel bombs had detonated on Wednesday morning, killing three prison staff and five visitors and injuring at least another 10 people as the explosions ripped through the prison’s mail room.
Local news organisations Myanmar Now and Khit Thit Media also reported that eight people were killed and 15 injured.
According to Myanmar Now, one of the bombs exploded in a building where staff receive care packages for prisoners and another detonated outside the building.
Khit Thit media, citing a statement from the country’s military, also reported that several shots were fired by the prison’s military personnel after the blast and that some of the people wounded had sustained gunshot wounds.
Myanmar Now cited a witness who said that, following the explosion, gunfire from a watchtower caused people to scatter.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, according to Khit Thit.
Insein is the country’s largest prison with some 10,000 inmates, many of whom are political detainees.
Several foreigners are also held at the prison, including Japanese journalist Toru Kubota, who was jailed for 10 years after being arrested at an anti-coup protest.
Former UK Ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman is serving a one-year sentence at Insein for failing to declare she was living at an address different from the one listed on her foreigner registration certificate.