Man dies on bomb blast in Myanmar's main city

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AP - Monday, October 20YANGON, Myanmar - A bomb blast killed a man at his home on the outskirts of Myanmar's main city less than 24 hours after another explosion in the area, an official said Monday.

The man died at a house in a northwestern suburb of Yangon Sunday evening, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

Another occupant in the house escaped unhurt.

The blast followed a bomb explosion on Saturday at a sports field in a northern Yangon suburb. There were no casualties. Another bomb was found nearby and defused, according to officials.

Sunday's blast was the fourth in the Yangon area in the past month.

Terrorism is rare but not unknown in Myanmar, which has been under near-continuous military rule since 1962.

Several small-scale bombings have occurred in recent months. An explosion damaged the office of a government office in July in Shwepyitha township, where Sunday's blast occurred, and two bombs damaged parked cars in downtown Yangon in April.

The government often blames the bombings on opponents of the regime, or ethnic rebel groups seeking autonomy.