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Three injured in bomb blast on Rama III
Published: 25/09/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

Three people _ two teenage girls and a man _ have been injured in a bomb blast near Rama III Road in Bangkok's Yannawa district.

The bomb, hidden in a rubbish bin located opposite a grocery shop in Soi 29, went off at around 5pm. The explosion left Rungthip Thipsot, 16, Sumontha Cotburi, 18, and Paiboon Nakyoi, 53, with minor injuries.

The three were sent to Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital.
Siamseng Saetia, a 57-year-old grocery shop owner, said she spotted a suspicious box containing a mobile phone and a battery near her house on Tuesday but dared not move it.

Yesterday, Prakorn Boonprakobkij, her neighbour, decided to put it in the rubbish bin at around 4.30pm. The explosion took place half an hour later.

''I have no idea how that box was placed near my house. I have no enemies and have never had any trouble with anyone,'' she said.

An initial investigation by explosives experts and forensic police found the bomb was an improvised explosive device triggered by a mobile phone signal.

Pol Col Sombat Milintajinda, investigation chief at Metropolitan Police Division 5, said police would collect more evidence from surveillance cameras and eyewitnesses in the community.

Police chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree said he believed the blast had stemmed from a personal conflict and was not an attempt to instigate unrest in the capital.

However, he has instructed police officers to tighten security in the city in the wake of the explosion.

Prior to yesterday's blast, seven bomb incidents had been reported in Bangkok and provinces since the dispersal of the red shirt demonstration on May 19.

The latest was on Aug 31 when a grenade was fired into the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) compound, damaging cars but causing no injuries.

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