Bomb found, disarmed outside Narathiwat bank
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The explosive ordnance disposal team Monday defused a pipe bomb planted on a motorcycle parked in front of a bank branch in Narathiwat’s Muang district.
It was suspected the bomb targeted the Marines who would patrol the area every morning or was intended to destroy the district’s economic climate.
Following residents’ 7am alert to the suspicious motorbike abandoned overnight on Phupha Phakdi Road, police sealed the scene for the bomb squad’s inspection of the vehicle. They found the 10kg pipe bomb in an under-seat compartment.
An active phone signal device was found with the bomb. The squad defused the explosive and removed it for disposal to the relief of bystanders. Witnesses told police that two youngsters pushed the vehicle, which appeared to be broken, to the spot at around 4.50am.
