BANGKOK — Authorities in Thailand have arrested two men following a bomb blast at a festival near the country's border with Myanmar that killed three people and wounded dozens, police said on Saturday.
BANGKOK — Authorities in Thai land have arrested two men following a bomb blast at a festival near the country's border with Myanmar that killed three people and wounded dozens, police said on Saturday.An improvised explosive device went off on a dance floor at a festival in Umphang town, in northern Tak province, on Friday night, local police said.Two people were killed instantly and another died later in the hospital, police added.
Thai police said they had arrested a Thai youth and a man they said was a member of the Karen National Union , an ethnic minority rebel group that has fought Myanmar's military for decades for autonomy in neighboring Myanmar's Karen state.Tak police chief Maj. Gen. Samrit Ekamol said the Myanmar suspect had thrown the bomb after encountering a 'rival gangster' he previously fought with.
Police Detain Two After Festival Bomb Blast
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