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Bomb blast outside army base in far South

A security camera records the bomb exploding against the wall of an army special operations unit, Narathiwat 21, in Rueso district on Wednesday morning. (Photo supplied)

NARATHIWAT: An improvised bomb was detonated against the wall of an army operations base in Rueso district on Wednesday morning, causing little damage and no injuries.

The explosion occurred about 6.15am at the Narathiwat 21 special operations unit base at Ban Bale, Moo 10, in tambon Rueso, Pol Capt Komsak Teekakan, deputy chief investigator at Rueso, said.

An explosive ordnance disposal team and forensic police were dispatched to the scene.

They reported the explosion had broken a cement support post in the wall, which partly crumbled. Fragments of a 20-kilogramme gas cylinder and other bomb components were found at the scene.

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