Myanmar state chief minister's convoy attacked with mines, no casualties

YANGON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A convoy of Myanmar's Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu has been attacked with remotely controlled mines on Yangon-Sittway road but with no casualties, Myanmar News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Three remote-controlled improvised explosive devices went off simultaneously as U Nyi Pu and his convoy reached the pavement of a bridge between Nanka and Paungtote villages near Mrauk U on the Yangon-Sittway highway on Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. local time.

No one was hurt from the explosion but a windshield of a car of the convoy and a side glass of another car were shattered, the report said.