A police officer was injured but not seriously,' a senior officer says on condition of anonymity

YANGON, Myanmar – Three bombs exploded in different locations around Rakhine's state capital Sittwe early February 23, Saturday morning, including the home of a high ranking official, Myanmar police told Agence France-Presse, adding that no deaths were reported. Police spokesman Colonel Myo Thu Soe told Reuters news agency three other unexploded hand-made bombs had been found in the city. A police was injured but not seriously," a senior officer said on the condition of anonymity, adding that there were no deaths. The blasts occurred around 4am (2130 GMT Friday) in the compound of the state government secretary's home, at an office and on a road leading towards the beach, the officer said. One of the explosions was in front of a high-ranking government official’s residence, state police officer Aung Myat Moe said. In recent months unrest in Rakhine has been concentrated in the state's northern wedge, where a sweeping military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community last August pushed nearly 700,000 refugees across the border to Bangladesh. Tensions have increased in Rakhine since mid-January, when Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators, while 12 people were injured in Mrauk U township in the northern part of the state, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan kingdom turned violent.
Three bombs explode in Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State, slightly injuring a police officer. Three other unexploded bombs are defused around the city. It is unclear who was behind the bombs, but most of them were placed next to government-related buildings.