Beach trash collector loses leg to bomb blast in Pattani

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PATTANI, April 18 – A home-made bomb in a corrugated cardboard box exploded as a cleaning worker opened it near a beach in this southern border province today, Thai police said.

Police said Mayasin Samae, 42, was separating trash he collected atTaloh Kapo beach and picked up a corrugated cardboard box which exploded instantly, taking away his left leg.

The victim was taken to hospital where the remains of his leg were amputated.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and the Royal Thai Police Bureau to speed up and coordinate installation of additional closed-circuit cameras in Thailand’s far South to improve safety measures in the region.

The budget for the CCTVs has been allocated for the two agencies and locations for the cameras have been marked