Nine new bomb suits recently purchased by the Royal Thai Police should arrive in Thailand late this month. It is hoped this will calm fears about substandard bomb suits used by security forces in southern Thailand, following the death of two officers last Friday in a bomb disabling operation.Three suits made in Canada will be given to police EOD units in the three southernmost provinces, national police chief Pol General Wichean Potephosree stated. Wichean expressed regret about the deaths of two bomb squad officers killed in the operation last Friday, and called for an investigation.
Some 26 EOD officers from the Army have been assigned to help police bomb squads in the deep south because of a police personnel shortage.
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