18.03.09 Chumporn team defuses 2 bombs in Surat Thani province
Sourced: TNA
SURAT THANI, March 18 (TNA) – Two bombs planted in separate locations
in the Democrat Party stronghold of Surat Thani province were
successfully defused on Wednesday morning.
Neither exploded, but at least one seemed to give a message to the ruling Democrat party.
One
bomb was found at the base of a large Democrat party signboard, and
another was placed at the base on an electrical power pole, both on the
Surat Thani-Ban Nasan Road in the provincial seat.
A bomb squad
from nearby Chumporn province used a high-pressure water cannon to
short-circuit the explosive device’s electronic circuitry and cut the
mobile phone signal.
The initial investigation found that the
devices were fire bombs and ignited by mobile phone signal and could
have damaged within a radius of 100 metres.
Police noted that
the bombs were similar those used in insurgent incidents in the
southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. (TNA)
