Bangkok (Mizzima) – A bomb scare was sparked at Pazundaung Market in Rangoon on Sunday when a man left a suspicious package with a shop vendor and didn’t return.
After about eight hours, the vendor called police and a bomb squad arrived. When the package was inspected in contained dry grass.
The vendor said an average looking person arrived at his betel nut shop around 11 a.m. and entrusted the package to him, but when he had not returned by 6 p.m., the shop owner called the police.
Police arrived at the market, blocked off the area and nearby roads and waited for the bomb squad to find the package contained grass.
A witness said, ‘It was funny. But, before it was inspected, people were shocked and nervous when the roads were blocked’.
The market usually closes at around 5 p.m., but the outdoor street market is usually crowded with buyers until 8 p.m.
