Three teenagers arrested for throwing ping pong bomb at Ratchadamri

[Thaivisa News]

Bangkok: – Police have arrested two 16-year-old men and one 15-year-old boy involved in throwing a ping pong bomb at the bus stop in front of Big C on Ratchadamri Road.

Police are also looking for the other four teenagers involved in the incident.

The explosion caused loud noise, commotion andshallow cracks on the sidewalk. There was no casualty reported.

The authorities said the incident was not politically-motivated.

Colonel Pornchai Chalordet, superintendent of Lumpini police station, and a team of explosive ordnance disposal team went to investigate after receiving report of the explosion yesterday’s evening.

Pornchai said the bomb made some cracks on the sidewalk. The duct tape was used to contain explosives in the shape and size of a ping pong ball. Small rocks were used as shrapnel.

At the scene, the EOD team found about eight rock chips left by the explosion.

Police seized one unexploded ping pong bomb, four firecracker balls, three duct tape rolls, claw hammer and sulphur powder as evidence.

Following the explosion, members of the public chased and detained the three teenagers who tried to flee toward another bus stop in front of the five-star hotel at Ratchaprasong Intersection.

Police took the three for questioning at the Lumpini police station.

The three told police that they and the other four who remain at large are Mathayom 4 and 5 students from Lad Phrao area.

The seven went to spend the day at Chatuchak Park before taking Bus No 77 to return home.

The three said they got off at Big C bus stop. Suddenly one of the four remaining on the bus lobbed the bomb. They said it was meant as an act of bravado.

“To their surprise, the bomb they made ‘actually’ exploded,” they said in the statement given to police.

Police are in the process of summoning and notifying the parents about the incident before filing charges.

[ratcatcher]

“To their surprise, the bomb they made ‘actually’ exploded,”

[burgdawg]

I think these lads need to be interviewed by the CIA and given a job promotion to ISIS training.

They have a head start on matters!

[FireMedic]

Throwing a loud firecracker at people makes you an A-hole. Engineering an anti-personnel bomb with shrapnel as to inflict casualties makes you a terrorist.

[55Jay]

Really do need to come up with another name for these things to avoid having Thailand and Ping Pong Ball, together in the same sentence.

[HLover]

Really do need to come up with another name for these things to avoid having Thailand and Ping Pong Ball, together in the same sentence.

How about ding dong bombs?

[jaiyen]

So In Thailand you are a boy at 15 but a man at 16 ! According to the headline. I am sure we all have comments on that ridiculous statement. When do you think Thai boys can be said to be men ? Worthy of a new topic I think.

[harryd]

Lock em' all in a room into which a bunch of similar objects are thrown. They'll soon learn the real meaning of 'bravado', or rather what it isn't!

[halloween]

So In Thailand you are a boy at 15 but a man at 16 ! According to the headline. I am sure we all have comments on that ridiculous statement. When do you think Thai boys can be said to be men ? Worthy of a new topic I think.

When they stop wearing dresses.

[robhufton]

Maybe not the ping pong show tourists are expecting?

[ableguy]

Since when were sixteen year olds considered men, ? Just misguided thugs who without guidance could easy turn into big thugs and become politicians.

[PaPiPuPePo]

Throwing a loud firecracker at people makes you an A-hole. Engineering an anti-personnel bomb with shrapnel as to inflict casualties makes you a terrorist.

Terrorism is defined as using violence against civilians (esp.) for the purpose of achieving political ends.

When words are over-used they lose their meaning.

Try consulting a dictionary next time.