Eight people were injured, one seriously, on Sunday by an explosive device believed to have been detonated accidentally in Burma’s commercial hub Rangoon, an official said.

The evening blast happened in the north of the city when a 26-year-old man accidentally set off the device he was carrying in his bag at a street stall, he said.

‘Altogether eight people including the bomber were injured. A three-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were among those injured,’ the official told AFP.

The man carrying the bomb, who was critically wounded, was said to have caused the explosion when he put his bag down beside him to make a purchase.

Following the blast, the injured were taken to a nearby hospital, according to the official, while witnesses said security was tight near the scene.

In April last year, in the worst attack in five years in Rangoon, a series of explosions left 10 people dead and about 170 wounded as thousands of people gathered for water-throwing festivities to mark the Buddhist New Year.