Rangoon Residents Avoid Water Festival Due to Bomb Fear – The Irrawaddy, April 11, 2011
…The deadly bomb blasts last April took place near the X20 water-throwing pavilion by Rangoon’s Kandawgyi Lake. A senior military officer was amongst those killed, and some residents believe it was an unsuccessful attempt by militant dissidents to assassinate Nay Shwe Thwe Aung, the grandson of Snr-Gen Than Shwe.
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