The first Thai-Myanmar bridge linking Mae Sot district in Tak province with Myawaddy is seen behind a boat travelling in the Moei River on Sept 6, 2015. (Photo: Patipat Janthong)
MAE SOT, TAK: A car bomb went off at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the Myawaddy side of the border opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot district late on Saturday night, prompting Thai security units to be put on alert, according to Thai media reports.
The loud explosion was clearly heard in Mae Sot.
The bomb was believed to have been placed in a vehicle left in front of the gate of the Myawaddy border checkpoint at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge by an anti-government force.
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