Mentally Ill Man Bomb Hoaxes ATM Again

Kompong Cham: A man took a small black box in the ATM of Hattha Kaksekar bank in Sangkat Kampong Cham at 3:00 pm on September 15, 2019. Police were called to check if it was an explosive device.

According to a police officer, prior to the incident, an unidentified man on a bicycle entered the ATM and left the box, then cycled into a night market nearby.

Police said that when a witness reported the incident, and they are afraid of explosives.

Authorities later confirmed that the device was an old speaker with wires placed inside, and the unidentified man was the same who previously left a suitcase full of toy dollars in another ATM in the town last April. The man is said to suffer from mental disorders (schizophrenia). KOHSANTEPHEAP