Two timebombs were defused at the Pattani bus terminal in Muang district on Thursday after they were found hidden a toilet, with authorities saying they resembled previous finds at several petrol stations in the province.
Police received a report from local people in tambon Tabulo of a suspicious object in a restroom at the station at about 7am, said Pol Col Jeffrey Saimankul, chief of the Muang district police station. Authorities went to inspect and discovered two devices in the women’s toilet. An explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team needed about five hours to successfully neutralise the objects and allow the public to enter the area.
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Source: Bangkok Post News
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