KANCHANABURI: Two bombs exploded in Myanmar close to the border with this western province on Saturday night, local media reported.
The explosions -- the first at 10.10pm and the other at 10.33pm -- took place in Phyathonezu township, with the noise clearly audible at Phra Chedi Sam Ong border checkpoint in Sangkhla Buri district.
After the explosions, a fire broke out at a school about 60 metres from the Thai border. The flames were clearly visible from Phra Chedi Sam Ong border checkpoint, also known as Three Pagodas Pass, at Moo 9 village in tambon Nong Lu.
Soldiers from the Lat Ya Force, border patrol police and district officials were deployed at the border checkpoint to keep watch.
A security source told reporters at the checkpoint on Sunday morning that the bombs went off at a secondary school, causing slight damage to a school building and a wall. There were no reports of casualties.
The explosions were believed to be from improvised devices. It was not known whether the incident was the work of a force opposed to the military regime in Myanmar, said the source.