Student ‘warriors’ group claims responsibility for bombings

Burmese military intelligence officers have stepped up security in Rangoon and other cities following the reappearance of a shadowy rebel movement, the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors, writes Edward Loxton for The First Post. After keeping the authorities guessing about the identity of bombers who attacked an office of a hated junta-backed civic movement, the Union Solidarity and Development Association, on July 1, the so-called 'warriors' emailed a message claiming responsibility. The warriors also took responsibility for a bomb attack in April when two explosive devices rocked central Rangoon, killing a woman and injuring several people. Nobody was hurt in the attack on the USDA office. Before the warriors made their claim an executive member of Burma's main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, was... [read full story]