pattani blast injures three
abdulloh benjakat
pattani: three people including a three-year old boy were injured when a 30- kilogram bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded in front of mayo hospital in pattani's mayo district
yesterday police said
pol col Kong-ath suwankham the mayo district police chief said a hospital employee
phone the police after he saw a suspicious man parking a motorbike with a side car outside the hospital the man who wore a helmet and black shirt sped to another motorbike and fled. a loud explosion went off less than 10 minutes later.
the blast wounded rosida taye 25 and her son fadil waeto as the two were passing trough the area on a motorbike. shrapnel cus Ms rosida's right arm while her son received a deep cut on his back a hospital staff member nihor doloh 29 was also injured the three were treated at the hospital.
a bomb disposal team led by pol la say obman maitreechorn found a damaged motorbike pieces of a gas tank a comu-nication radio used to trigger the bomb and a battery at the scene.
police said they were able to identify four men involved in the bombing they have been taken to a military base for further questioning charges have yes to be laid