285 killed, 1073 injured during water festival in Myanmar

MNA International Desk: A total of 285 people were killed and 1,073 others injured across Myanmar during a four-day water festival, reported news agency.

This year’s traditional Thingyan water festival ran from Thursday to Sunday. The deaths were 13 times more than that of last year’s event.

Meanwhile, a total of 1,200 criminal cases were also registered during the water festival, Xinhua news agency reported.

Among the deaths, 10 were in Nay Pyi Taw, 44 in Yangon, 36 in Mandalay, 26 in Sagaing region, 11 in Tanintharyi region, 37 in Bago region, 11 in Magway region, 20 in Mon state, 17 in Rakhine, 29 in Shan state and 28 in Ayeyawaddy region.

During last year’s festival, a total of 272 people were killed and 1,086 others injured.