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18 April 2017, 09:47

285 killed, 1,073 injured during Myanmar's water festival

YANGON,18 April (BelTA - Xinhua) - A total of 285 people were killed and 1,073 others injured nationwide during a four-day water festival, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Tuesday.

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

The criminal cases were related to murder, car accident, drug-use, theft, arm possession and group violence respectively, said the report.

This year's traditional Thingyan water festival ran from Thursday to Sunday.

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