Bombs stuffed in beer cans

Three explosives stuffed in beer cans were detonated nearly simultaneously yesterday in various locations in Waeng municipality, one of the border towns in the deep South where violence has been a daily occurrence.

Published on November 16, 2007

Police said a fourth bomb failed to go off.

Separately, in Pattani's Ban Bana, two students survived an attempt on their lives when gunmen fired several rounds after approaching them from behind on another motorbike.

The two Yala Technical College students were identified as Sorayuth Lonmarn, 22, and Maruth Kongkern, 19.

In Mae Lan district of the same province, suspected insurgents placed three fake pipe bombs along a rail line, causing officials to suspend train services for more than an hour until bomb squads were called in to inspect the items.

The Nation

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Bombs stuffed in beer cans

Three explosives stuffed in beer cans were detonated nearly simultaneously yesterday in various locations in Waeng municipality, one of the border towns in the deep South where violence has been a daily occurrence.

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