SONGKHLA: Security officials detained five more suspects in Tuesday's car bomb attack in the southern province, bringing the total number of suspects to eight.
The five suspects were arrested when police searched Ban Khuan Ran in tambon Pian of Saba Yoi district on Wednesday night, said Pol Maj Gen Pairote Thantham, commander of the Songkhla ad-hoc unit.
There, officials found mobile phone circuits, electronic components and steel rods that could be used as shrapnel. Security officials were checking the objects seized from a shelter.
The five suspects were interrogated at a paramilitary ranger unit. Officials on Wednesday arrested three suspects in the car bomb attack.
Two cooking gas cylinders holding explosives believed to weigh about 50kg were placed on a pickup truck stolen from a retired teacher who was hanged at home in Saba Yoi Monday night. The truck was parked near the Songkhla ad-hoc unit in Thepha district Tuesday morning. The explosion injured two policemen.
