Six bombs found and defused in eastern Bangkok

2011-12-16 12:05:29 GMT+7 (ICT)

BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Thai police found and defused six home-made explosive devices at three separate locations in the capital of Bangkok on early Friday morning, officials said. One suspect has been arrested.

The six bombs were found at around 4 a.m. local time in eastern Bangkok. One explosive device was placed in front of a Bangkok Bank branch, two were found at a road intersection and three more were found under a bridge near a market.

Police said the bombs were found after officers arrested a man about an hour earlier on suspicion of planting a bomb at a traffic island in front of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) on December 6. The suspect then told police he had set bombs in three different locations.

According to the MCOT news agency, the suspect is a resident from Rayong province and was working with several others. He reportedly told police that the group had planned to place explosive devices in eight locations in Bangkok but only managed to do so at three locations.

Bomb disposal experts disabled the devices which were found on Friday. The device found on December 6 was said to be incomplete and would not have been able to explode. Police said it had been placed to cause panic.

The Thai government recently called for heightened vigilance amid the upcoming New Year's celebrations. On New Year's Eve in 2006, a series of explosions hit nine locations in Bangkok, killing three people and injuring nearly 40 others.

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