BANGKOK, Dec 14 (TNA) – The State Railway of Thailand said it resumed train service through Pattani after a bombing of a commuter train in the southern border province of Pattani on Monday afternoon.
SRT’s PR director Ekarat Sri-arayanpong said the bombing with an improvised explosive device at the Ban Nikhom train station at 12.25pm partly damaged Train No. 452 (Sungai Kolok-Nakhon Si Thammarat) and slightly injured its driver, its engineer and a passenger.
The injured people were treated at Khokpho Hospital while the engine of the locomotive broke down, its windscreen was shattered and the glass window panels of a third-class carriage and a luggage carriage were broken.
The SRT asked security officials to guard the bombing scene right away and reopened the railway track there at 4.15pm.
The SRT and security authorities would step up security measures for public safety, Mr. Ekarat said. (TNA)
