RANONG -- Three girl students exiting Ranong Technical College were hurt by an exploding ping pong bomb and shotgun pellets fired by six teenagers on three motorcycles late Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The attack occurred about 5.20pm as the six young men passed by the front gate of the college on three motorcycles. They threw a ping pong bomb and fired three shotgun rounds into the campus as a large number of students were leaving the college through the front gate.
Three girl students -- Daraporn Phetklad, Thanyarat Chuawichian and Manaschanok Kochasing, all 19 - were each hit in their legs. They were admitted to Ranong Hospital for emergency treatment.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers were from tambon Hat Som Paen in Muang district. They fled into Ranong town after the attack.
The same group of teenagers were believed responsible for five ping pong bomb attackson Ranong Technical College during the past four weeks.
Police on Tuesday night apprehended a 17-year-old boy for questioning at Ranong Hospital where he was receiving treatment for a wound in his hand believed to have been caused by the explosion of a ping pong bomb.
Police were still looking for other attackers.