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Another stunt of Myanmar's M.I



Myanmar robber throws explosives, stabs monk
07:42 a.m. Feb 11, 1999 Eastern
BANGKOK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A thief threw explosives into a crowd and
stabbed an elderly monk to death while trying to escape with cash donated by
Buddhist pilgrims in the Myanmar capital, a government spokesman said on
Thursday.

Three people among a crowd of pilgrims trying to stop the thief getting away
were wounded in the explosion in Yangon's Mingaladon Township on Wednesday
morning, the spokesman said.

``Unfortunately one elderly monk who tried to stop him was stabbed and
killed during this incident,'' he said, adding that the culprit remained at
large.

Diplomats and Yangon residents say such incidents are rare in the Myanmar
capital, a city under tight military rule.