At least 8 killed in Myanmar Insein Prison blasts: Media reports

Police barricades outside Insein prison on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, in 2015. Two explosions at the prison on Wednesday are reported to have killed at least eight people, according to media reports [File: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP]

At least eight people have been reported killed following two explosions inside Myanmar’s high-security Insein Prison, according to media reports.

The BBC’s Burmese-language news service reported that two parcel bombs had detonated on Wednesday morning, killing three prison staff and five visitors and injuring at least another 10 people as the explosions ripped through the prison’s mail room.