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Cambodian border police in Battambang province yesterday issued a stern warning to Thai soldiers after they discovered a booby-trapped grenade on the border the day prior.

 

O’Chrov border post police chief Sath Sophanarith said the explosive bore all the hallmarks of a Thai trap. “This homemade explosive thing was placed by a Thai soldier,” Sophanarith said. “The inside . . . was all explosive powder but there was no shrapnel.”

 

After its discovery near the border in Kamrieng district, Sophanarith said he contacted Thai authorities, who confirmed the device was placed by a member of Thailand’s military police.

 

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 “The inside . . . was all explosive powder but there was no shrapnel.”

Based on the picture it appears to be an M67 Fragmentation Grenade. The entire outer shell is shrapnel, so I don't get the quote. Flash bang grenades look nothing like that.

I've spent time out in the woods here and I've never found anyplace there weren't people, including children. That's why booby traps are illegal (in the US at least), you never know who will set it off, a crazed intruder or a fireman coming to save your ass.

i suspect the explosive was removed but the fuse may have been left intact.  you are right about the body being the shrapnel as even the newer grenades are eternally embossed to fragment ate on detonation. makes this more of a prank than an actual booby trap.

“Our authorities have solved this case with Thailand after they gave us an apology,” he said.

 

Wonder why this was done in the first place?   Somewhat gob smacked that their was an admission and an apology, not to mention, adding more booby traps around a country that is already plagued with explosives.  Below may be the reason for the quick apology.  

 

"The use of remotely delivered mines is prohibited unless such mines are only used within an area which is itself a military objective or which contains military objectives, and unless:"  https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule83  

No way is that a frag grenade, the picture isnt great but if you at least enlarge it a little you can see its is a home made grenade, dont know what its made from, but as they said no frag have to take em at their word. Easy to make your own flash bangs.

I enlarged it and it looks a lot like this: