Friday, June 4, 2010

Youth Gang Arrested After Deadly Grenade Attack

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
Thursday, 03 June 2010

Police arrested three men in the former Khmer Rouge region of Anlong Veng on Thursday, in connection with a grenade attack Tuesday night that killed one man and wounded 16 people.
The suspect, Thai Sitha, 24, is alleged to have colluded with Thoeun Sokun, 18, a former soldier, and Nul Tean, 18, in an attack that was part of a dispute between two youth gangs that began months ago, police said.
The men are accused of attacking a dance party in Oddar Meanchey province late Tuesday night, where one grenade exploded among a group of people.
“They confessed they brought with them three grenades and used one of them because he wanted revenge against a dancer with whom they had had a dispute for several months,” said Ket Sothea, a justice policeman in Anglong Veng.

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