A bomb hidden inside a sedan parked in from of the Ruesoh branch of Kasikorn Bank in Pattani's Ruesoh district exploded about 8.05am on Wednesday, no one was hurt, deputy police chief of Ruesoh Pol Col Somchai Nopsri said. The car was totally wrecked by the explosion and subsequent fire. The Bank's entrance door and a nearby commercial building were also damaged, he said.No one was injured by the car bomb because Pol Sgt Maj Surin Siang-on of Ruesoh police station received a tip from villagers that a man had parked the vehicle in front of the bank and then rapidly fled the scene on a waiting motorcycle. Pol Sgt Maj Surin set a security cordon around the sedan and then carefully inspected it. He saw a mobile phone, linked to an electrical circuit on driver's seat. He believed it to be a homemade bomb and immediately called for a bomb clearance team. The team arrived too late as the time bomb was set to explode at 8.05am.
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