The People Defence Force in Bago conducted a bomb attack in Bago Township on 7 July, killing one soldier.

The PDF confirmed they planted a bomb connected to a vinyl poster of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the explosion occurred while the soldiers were removing her picture attached to the wall of a moat in the city to mark a historic day of the country.

On 7 July 1962, the military junta of General Ne Win violently suppressed a demonstration involving 2,000 students, causing dozens of deaths in Yangon University.

The following day, the student union building was blown up by security forces.