Bomb thrown at Cambodian ed's car

Bomb thrown at Cambodian ed's car

PHNM PENH (DPA): The editor of a suspended Cambodian newspaper said on Saturday that a failed bomb attack on his car was meant to silence him.

"I think this is a political attack," Lim Rattana, editor of the Khmer-language Ronakrath (Republican News) said in an interview on Saturday.

No one was injured when two men on a motorcycle threw a bomb at the car of Lim Rattana.

The bomb bounced off the roof and only the detonator exploded, said Meas Sarith, deputy district police chief. Lim Rattana was not in the car, but his wife was.

His newspaper was suspended on Sept. 14 for criticizing the 1960s' government of then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the current king. Insulting the king is illegal in Cambodia, as in neighboring Thailand.