Three arrested in grenade attack

Police on Thursday arrested three men in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district in connection with a grenade attack Tuesday that killed one man and injured 12 other people. Keth Sothea, acting chief of the district police’s crime unit, said the three suspects were brought to the district police station after police learned of a dispute they believe may have prompted the attack.

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