Three teenagers in Bangkok were injured when their attempt to make homemade “ping-pong bombs” backfired on them.
Police were called to a house in Soi Bunmee in the Bang Saothong district of Samut Prakarn yesterday following an explosion.
Three teens suffered suffered injuries to their hands and bodies in a downstairs room. They were taken to Bang Bor Hospital after treatment at the scene.
Police found firecrackers used for hunting birds and a liquid in a jug used for making the devices.
Officers investigating said they thought that the teens had emptied the gunpowder from the firecrackers in an attempt to make ping pong bombs.
As the name implies, ping-pong balls are used and instructions can be found in videos on the Internet.
However,due to a lack of knowledge about how to make the devices they had only succeeded in blowing themselves up.
(Source: Sanook)