Revenge: NST police arrest eight gang members throwing ping pong explosives at each other

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: What a kerfuffle! 

 

Daily News reported on teen gang violence in Tha Yang sub-district of Thung Yai district, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, southern Thailand. 

 

Two rival groups of teens had mounted a pitched battle in the road throwing ping pong bombs at each other. 

 

Gunshots were also heard in the violence around 10 pm last night near the site of a trade fair.

 

Seven of those arrested were under 18 and one was 24. 

 

Taken into evidence were a baseball bat, Sparta knife and many smaller knives. 

 

Police were told that the rival groups met at the concert. They were from different gangs in the area and had had problems before. 

 

The action this weekend was an act of revenge after one gang member was stabbed in another incident.

 

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[Bangkok Barry]

What, exactly, are ping pong bombs that are so popular with Thailand's future adults - and I use that term loosely - in the Land of Smiles?

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

two rival groups of teens had mounted a pitched battle in the road throwing ping pong bombs at each other. 

 

Gunshots were also heard in the violence around 10 pm last night near the site of a trade fair.

 

Seven of those arrested were under 18 and one was 24. 

Two years in the army, opposite end of the country from their home town.