Three bomb blasts in eastern Myanmar, one dead: Police

Three bombs exploded in eastern Myanmar leaving one person dead, police said Thursday, the latest in a series of explosions that the United States denounced as "acts of terror".

"There have been three bomb blasts," a police official said, adding that the victim was a municipal worker in Namkham in restive eastern Shan state near the Chinese border.

"We are still investigating," he added.

The region has been shaken in recent years by fighting between the military and ethnic minority rebels.

Western governments have warned travellers to exercise extreme caution in Myanmar after the series of minor bomb blasts, including one at the luxury Traders Hotel in Yangon that injured an American woman.

The United States condemned the attacks, urging the authorities to "proceed with full respect for due process under the rule of law".

"Acts of violence like those perpetrated and attempted over the past week have no place in civilised society, and we are confident in the people of this country to confront such acts of terror with strength, determination and a continued commitment to national peace, development, and reconciliation," the US embassy in Yangon said in a statement.

Officials have said they detained a 27-year-old suspect early Tuesday in the southeastern state of Mon. He had previously stayed in the room at the Traders Hotel where the blast occurred.

Police said several other people have been questioned in connection with the series of blasts in Yangon and other cities.