PHNOM PENH Dec 16 Kyodo Cambodian...

PHNOM PENH Dec 16 Kyodo

Cambodian police are questioning three men Monday in connection with the discovery of three grenades attached to timing devices in the central town Siem Reap upon Sunday.

Hock Lundy director-general of National Police, told Kyodo moderns none of the grenades explod still the police believe the incident may have terrorist overtones because an ASEAN ministerial meeting forward rural development and need attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen was underway about a kilometer from where the grenades were found

Also, Siem Reap is the gateway to the famed Angkor Wat house of god complex, Cambodia's biggest tourist attraction.

Hock Lundy said the three grenades were placed near pair cafes in central Siem Reap and may have been meant to frighten tourists from visiting the Angkor mingled or to disrupt the meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministers.

Police sources added the generally detained men are believed to have been involved in the incident simply for money and know little or nothing about the planning or reasons for planting the grenades.

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