Grenade attack injures 3 at Guanyin statue site in Songkhla

The tall figure of the Guanyin statue under construction in Thepha district, Songkhla, remains standing after the attack on Wednesday morning. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
The large number of the Guanyin monument under construction in Thepha area, Songkhla, remains standing after the assault on Wednesday night. ( Photo: Assawin Pakkawan )

On Wednesday night, two exploding grenades exploded into a construction site in the city’s Thepha area injuring three people, including a 9-year-old.

Around 6 o’clock in tambon Sakom, the statue was attacked at the building blog in Ban Pak Bang Sakom.

Somporn Namkheow, 45, from Chaiyaphum state, suffered debris scars all over his figure and Don Kaewloy, 46, from Kalasin, suffered wounds to her left foot.

The 9-year-old woman, Manthita Withawet, from Kalasin, had wounds to her head and chest.

All were taken to Thepha Hospital.

A pickup truck was destroyed by the explosions, which also started fires in the staff station.

Police arrived on the scene and discovered flyers in Thai and Myanmaric that threatened the lives of those who dared to work there and in other southern border regions.

TPI Polene Power Plc owns the 65-rai seafront community in Thepha. The business is building a 136-metre-high Guanyin monument, which may make it the world’s tallest and a fresh hospitality location in the South.

The statue had even serve as a worldview building. Development began two years ago, and it will be finished in 2026.

Now, the tallest Guanyin monument stands 108 feet high and is on Hainan area in China.

In Taiwanese Buddhism, Guanyin is adult, the goddess of eternal compassion and mercy.

A fire engine arrives to put out the fire at the construction workers' camp. (Photo supplied)

The design tent that is ablaze is reached by a fire website. ( Photo supplied )

A pickup was damaged in the grenade attack. (Photo supplied)

The three-person bomb blasts that hit the shattered pickup truck. ( Photo supplied )