Bomb Found Outside Red Shirt Radio Station in Chiang Mai

 | Mon 3 Feb 2014 16:48 ICT

CityNews – At 11 a.m. on 2nd February the police were informed that a suspicious item resembling a bomb was found at a leisure area in front of FM 92.50’s office. 

The device

This radio station is that of the Rak Chiang  Mai 51 redshirts whose offices are in the Grand Warorot Hotel, behind Phra Singh temple. The Rak Chiang Mai 51 station is listened to by approximately 50,000 people.

The 5th Region Police rushed to the scene to investigate and found an item measuring 5 X 3 inches with a wire circuit imbedded which contained TNT type explosives. It was powered by two AA batteries.

It was also discovered that on the previous night, in the middle of the night, two men on a motorbike had thrown a large fire cracker onto the hotel grounds. It is believed that these incidents are politically motivated.

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