Residents in Sisaket Province Discover Unexploded RPG-7 Rocket Fragment While Foraging

Key summary

On October 23, 2026, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Royal Thai Army's Border Patrol Police Commando Unit 22 responded to a report from local leaders in Sattha Chai Subdistrict, Kantharalak District, Sisaket Province. Local residents had found suspicious debris resembling explosives while foraging for mushrooms and bamboo shoots in a community forest near the Thailand-Cambodia border. The EOD team confirmed the object was a fragment of the tail section of an RPG-7 rocket. Along with this discovery, the team collected other ordnance from the Khao Sattha Som border area, including two landmines, 84mm KPRs ammunition, and 82mm C-type ammunition. All items were transported to a remote location for destruction to ensure public safety. The incident occurred amidst ongoing security monitoring at the border, following a National Security Council meeting on October 22, 2026, which directed all military branches to review contingency plans. Authorities warned residents not to touch, move, or approach suspicious objects and to immediately report them to local leaders or officials.