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TACHILEK, Thailand, Wednesday (AFP) Four Myanmar nationals including two policemen were killed in separate blasts in a town on the border with Thailand, Myanmar's military junta said Wednesday.

The four bomb attacks in the Shan state town of Tachilek, opposite Thailand's Mae Sai town early Wednesday, followed a visit by top Myanmar and Thai officials on Monday.

"On the 21st of May in Tachilek area, four bomb blasts occurred in four different places, killing two civilians and two policeman," Colonel Hla Min said in a statement. "The incidents are under investigation and the details will be given out later when we have more information." He added that "all fingers are pointing towards SURA" (Shan United Revolutionary Army), an ethnic rebel force also known as the Shan State Army which is fighting against Yangon rule. A Thai government official told AFP the blasts occurred at a police station, petrol station, a statue of a past Myanmar king and a power plant.

The blasts follow a visit to Tachilek, about 604 kilometres (375 miles) northeast of here, on Monday by General Khin Nyunt, Secretary One of Myanmar's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), along with Myanmar's foreign minister Win Aung and his Thai counterpart Surakiart Sathirathai.

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