Thai security officers successfully defused a roadside bomb planted under a power pole in Narathiwat’s Sungai Padi district. The bomb was believed to have been intended to be detonated as a team of defense volunteers patroled the area in the afternoon. The bomb in a 20-kilogram cooking cylinder placed in a green plastic bag was discovered on Wednesday morning in Tambon Paluru. The ordnance disposal team defused the bomb by shooting water from a high-pressure hose at a its radio-triggered detonator, while a device scrambled radio signals. They later disassembled the bomb and handed over the components to forensic officers and police investigators.
Pongsathorn Sonjit, who led the six-man patrol, said the team had been traveling on three motorcycles returning from protecting teachers when they spotted the bag under the power pole and alerted authorities.