--- description: The party had received public threats but went ahead with the rally anyway title: Sword-Wielding Assailiants Attack Burma Election Rally image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcac0ef2f62f5c77/69886ee03c163921bd45a791/h_52343659.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Burma](/tag/burma/) ## Burma Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sword-Wielding Attackers Injure Opposition Candidate at Burma Election Rally ## Video: Know Right Now: Rohingya Muslims in "Final Stages of Genocide" in Burma, New Report Says [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Rohingya Muslims in "Final Stages of Genocide" in Burma, New Report Says](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/o3qiyg43.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-10-29. They face deeply entrenched discrimination and live in horrendous conditions, the report says_ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2015 4:15 AM CUT  Injured NLD MP Naing Ngan Lynn lies on bed as he arrives at Yangon General Hospital in Rangoon on Oct. 29, 2015 Injured NLD MP Naing Ngan Lynn lies on bed as he arrives at Yangon General Hospital in Rangoon on Oct. 29, 2015Lynn Bo Bo—EPA by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2015 4:15 AM CUT Violence [broke out](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34672915 "undefined") at an election rally of Burma’s leading opposition party on Thursday, when men wielding knives and swords attacked the party’s candidate for the area and his supporters. Naing Ngan Lin, a member of Nobel laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) and the incumbent local member of parliament, was immediately rushed to the hospital, the BBC reported. He received injuries to his head and hands and was fading in and out of consciousness, his wife said. Burma, officially known as Myanmar, goes to the polls in just over a week in what looks like its first completely open general election in 25 years. However, tensions have been running high leading up to the ballot, and the NLD, which is expected to win a large number of seats in parliament, had received threats to cancel the rally in Thaketa township. Suu Kyi, who has been barred from becoming the Southeast Asian country’s President because she was married to a Briton and has two sons who are British citizens, is set to hold a large rally of her own in Rangoon, Burma’s former capital and biggest city, on Sunday. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34672915 "undefined")\] **Read next:** [7 Things to Know About Burma’s Upcoming Elections](http://time.com/4055196/burma-myanmar-elections/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4093835/burma-election-rally-nld-sword-attack-aung-san-suu-kyi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4093835/burma-election-rally-nld-sword-attack-aung-san-suu-kyi/"},"headline":"Sword-Wielding Attackers Injure Opposition Candidate at Burma Election Rally","datePublished":"2015-10-30T04:15:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:12:58.282Z","description":"The party had received public threats but went ahead with the rally anyway","url":"https://time.com/4093835/burma-election-rally-nld-sword-attack-aung-san-suu-kyi/","keywords":["Burma","Election","Attack","Aung San Suu Kyi","opposition","rally","NLD"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcac0ef2f62f5c77/69886ee03c163921bd45a791/h_52343659.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcac0ef2f62f5c77/69886ee03c163921bd45a791/h_52343659.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Myanmar opposition party's candidate injured by attack during election campaign","caption":"Myanmar opposition party's candidate injured by attack during election campaign","creditText":"Lynn Bo Bo—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/burma/","name":"Burma"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4093835/burma-election-rally-nld-sword-attack-aung-san-suu-kyi/","name":"Sword-Wielding Attackers Injure Opposition Candidate at Burma Election Rally"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Rohingya Muslims in \"Final Stages of Genocide\" in Burma, New Report Says","description":"They face deeply entrenched discrimination and live in horrendous conditions, the report says","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/o3qiyg43/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-29T08:41:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/o3qiyg43.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4093835/burma-election-rally-nld-sword-attack-aung-san-suu-kyi/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4093835/burma-election-rally-nld-sword-attack-aung-san-suu-kyi/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```