A explosive ordnance disposal team examines the bomb-damaged mermaid sculpture at Samila beach in Songkhla on Thursday. (Police photo)The Provincial Police Region 9 has ruled out the possibility that two coordinated bomb attacks on Samila beach in the southern province of Songkhla's Muang district on Wednesday night were politically motivated. The explosions occurred about 10pm on Wednesday, one at the mermaid sculpture, and the other 300 metres away near the sculpture of a cat and rat, he said. The tail of the mermaid sculpture broke off while the cat and rat sculpture was left unscathed by the other explosion, he said. The iconic mermaid sculpture, damaged in one of the explosions, is popular among Thai, Malaysian and Singaporean tourists, said the source.

Source: Bangkok Post December 28, 2018 00:00 UTC