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| Thai police seize 41 pipe bombs smuggled in from Malaysia |
| 2018-06-25 |
| [The Nation] 41 pipe bombs intercepted on Thursday by police in Narathiwat province, on the Thai side of the Malaysian border, were intended for an attack on security officers. Military spokesman Manas Siksamat the bombs were made in Malaysia. Zanuzi Yatae was arrested on Thursday after his pickup truck was stopped in Tambon Kosit in Tak Bai district. He is a resident of Tambon Tanyongmas in Narathiwat’s Rangae district, said Manas. Another suspect, Abdulasi Sama, a resident of Tak Bai, fled on foot along a border canal and was later picked up by a motorcyclist. Manas said police learned the identity of the second suspect from a passport found in a bag that fell while he was fleeing. Bomb disposal experts who checked the pipe bombs said they could have been used as grenades or set to be detonated by timing devices. Police believe the bombs were assembled in Malaysia because the PVC pipes used are not available in Thailand. Zanuzi reportedly told police that he and the second suspect drove their pickup to the border at Ban Pado village in Tambon Na Nak in Tak Bai and four militants on two motorcycles arrived with the bombs. They wrapped the bombs in thick clothes to prevent them from accidental discharge and drove their pickup to Narathiwat’s Yingor district but were nabbed by highway police on the way. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 Changed headline from "Thai police seize 41 pipe bombs from Malaysia" to "Thai police seize 41 pipe bombs smuggled in from Malaysia" at 12:15 |
| Posted by: ryuge 2018-06-25 12:18 |