Disturbance in Pattani! EOD team destroys 2 bombs after perpetrators prepared to use them to cause an incident at a convenience store, but encountered a strict checkpoint and abandoned them on the side of the road before one exploded. Officers of Pattani City Police Station received a report of an explosion at the intersection of Klapor Road, near the weekend market in Tambon Chabang Tikor, Amphoe Mueang, Pattani Province. After the incident, officers cordoned off the area and coordinated with the bomb disposal unit to inspect it. At the same time, officers found two more bombs that were ready to be used, so they used water guns to destroy them and retrieve them in time. Both bombs were improvised explosive devices that were detonated by remote control. It was also found that both bombs had bottles of gasoline tied to them. It is believed that the perpetrators were preparing to detonate a bomb at a convenience store, but since security is strictly maintained in Pattani city, the perpetrators saw the officer s setting up a checkpoint, so they turned and fled. They then placed the bomb on the side of the road, causing one to explode. The officers were able to defuse the other two bombs in time. Source: Thai News Agency
