NARATHIWAT: Two homemade bombs went off in this southern province on Saturday -- one in Cho Airong and the other in Tak Bai district -- but caused no casualties, police said.
The first bomb, which was fashioned out of a fire extinguisher cylinder weighing about 25 kilogrammes, was buried in a drain underneath the Cho Airong-Narathiwat road near Ban Khokin. The improvised explosive device detonated as a pickup truck carrying a team of rangers drove past it on Saturday afternoon.
The explosion left a crater about one metre deep, but caused no damage to the vehicle, which was travelling on the other side of the road.
On Saturday night, a small bomb made from a 2 kg plastic water bottle went off by a rental house at Ban Rai village in tambon Che Hae, Tak Bai district.
The bomb blew up as two motorcycles carrying four soldiers from Narathiwat Task Force 30 were passing by. No casualties were reported in the incident.
It is believed the bombs were merely intended to cause disturbance, not serious damage or injuries.
The bombs add to the string of of attacks reported in the South.
On Jan 18, five military rangers were wounded in a blast while patrolling in Sungai Padi's tambon Todeng. Hours later, gunmen killed two monks at Wat Rattananuparb in the same district.