Banned was blown up by suspected insurgents at a PTT petrol station within the southern province of Yala on Saturday evening. There had been no casualties.
Shortly before midnight on Saturday, an explosion was heard at the PTT petrol station by Highway 410 in tambon Thanto, according to Pol Capt Palakorn Srichai. Police were dispatched to the scene to investigate.
One of the pumps caught fire, however no one was hurt.
Fire engines rushed to the scene and the blaze was shortly introduced under control. A police examination revealed that a bomb had been laid at the spot. The petrol pump that caught fireplace was destroyed.
The service station was cordoned off to permit members of an explosive ordnance disposal unit to go looking the area for another concealed devices. None were found. Forensic police arrived at the scene on Sunday morning to collect evidence.
Lt Gen Santi Sakuntanak, 4th Army commander, condemned the Yala terrorist assault, saying it was supposed to undermine efforts to revive the economy and tourism in the South.
He said that from safety digital camera footage, the bomb was believed to have been laid by two males who arrived on the petrol station on a bike and fled in the direction of Ban Lae village.
The investigation is constant.
Thailand’s southern provinces in the Pattani region bordering Malaysia have a largely Malay-Muslim population. The region has suffered a decades-long separatist insurgency which has introduced sporadic violence.
A senior member of Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) – the biggest and most powerful rebel group in the Thai Deep South – said just lately that it will be open to autonomy as an alternative of independence, if that’s what individuals in the area need..