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8 killed in Myanmar's prison blasts

International Desk: At least eight people have been killed after two explosions inside Myanmar's notorious Insein prison in Yangon, according to media reports.

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Locals said BBC Burmese that two parcel bombs went off at the entrance to the jail on Wednesday morning that killed three prison staff and five visitors.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Eighteen other people were injured, officials confirmed.

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The authorities said the bombs exploded in the prison's post room. Another bomb which did not detonate, was later found there wrapped in a plastic bag.

All five of the visitors who were killed were women and relatives of prisoners, the authorities confirmed.

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Insein prison is the country's largest jail housing about 10,000 prisoners, many of whom are political prisoners. Insein prison is a vast, heavily-guarded complex on the outskirts of the former capital.

The century-old prison is infamous for its harsh conditions and inhumane treatment of prisoners, rights groups say.

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Myanmar is currently run by a military junta which toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's elected civilian government last year in a violent coup.

In Yangon, there have been frequent bomb attacks, most of them small, since the military crushed the mass protest movement against its coup last year.

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