Burmese Fighter Phoe Thaw Injured in Bomb Blast, Arrested
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Phoe Thaw
The MMA fighter was engaged in anti-coup protests and he was injured by a homemade bomb that went off in his gym. Phoe Thaw was in the hospital, receiving treatment for leg wounds when he was arrested. He was one of four people arrested by the military. According to Myawaddy TV, military-run, these four are accused of colluding to commit violent acts.
The military of Myanmar reports, on Myawaddy TV, Phoe Thaw had made the bomb himself and it accidentally went off. Reuters disagrees with this version of the events. “A former colleague, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity, said the homemade bomb had been left at the gym car park by a policeman posing as a civilian.”
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ONE Championship featherweight Phoe Thaw has been injured in a bomb blast and arrested by the military junta in Myanmar. The 36 year old suffered serious looking burns to his legs and was taken into custody by soldiers while receiving treatment in hospital.
Myanmar is currently under the iron grip of a military junta which seized control from the democratically elected government earlier this year. Protests have been taking place on a daily basis and soldiers have responded with lethal force.
According to the military Thaw was injured when a homemade bomb he had manufactured exploded at his gym in Yangon on Wednesday night. However Reuters disputed this version of events citing a source who told them that ‘the home-made bomb had been left at the gym car park by a policeman posing as a civilian’.
A popular mixed martial arts fighter who joined anti-coup protests in Myanmar has been wounded by a homemade bomb and later arrested following an alleged blast – among many others in at least three cities – as the military government struggles to assert control of the country amid a mounting death toll and defiant protests.
Anti-coup protests were held on Friday across the country, including the city of Magway west of the capital, Naypyidaw. A pre-dawn strike was also held in the Natmouk district of Magway, with protesters carrying torches and the red banner of the National League of Democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute of defiance during a demonstration on May 6 in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
A mixed martial arts fighter who joined anti-coup protests in Myanmar was wounded by a homemade bomb and later arrested, the military said on Thursday, among blasts in at least three cities as the junta battles to assert its control of the country.
Phoe Thaw, 36, was arrested in hospital while receiving treatment for leg wounds sustained while testing a home-made bomb late on Wednesday at a Yangon gym, the military’s Myawaddy TV reported.
He was among four people detained and accused of colluding to commit violent acts, it said.
Myanmar anti-coup fighter arrested as blasts hit main cities
Reuters/Yangon
Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute of defiance during a demonstration on Thursday. AP
Martial arts fighter Phoe Thaw was arrested in hospital while receiving treatment for leg wounds sustained while testing a home-made bomb
A mixed martial arts fighter who joined anti-coup protests in Myanmar was wounded by a homemade bomb and later arrested, the military said on Thursday, among blasts in at least three cities as the junta battles to assert its control of the country.
Phoe Thaw, 36, was arrested in hospital while receiving treatment for leg wounds sustained while testing a home-made bomb late on Wednesday at a Yangon gym, the military’s Myawaddy TV reported.