A military officer walks past the site of bomb explosion outside the Phnom Penh

A bomb exploded on a roadside in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Tuesday night, injured three persons, according to police.

The blast happened in Sangkat Beong Keng Kang III of Chamkamon district at 7:40 p.m. local time.

Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Chuon Sovann, who visited the scene soon after the explosion, said that three persons got wounded in the blast, including an Indian man, a Vietnamese man and a Cambodian woman.

Also, three cars were damaged.

Eyes witnesses said that they saw unidentified suspect(s), riding a motorcycle, throwing the bomb at a parking Lexus car before escaping.

"This is a failed murder case. Currently, police is questioning eye witnesses in order to determine the identity of the perpetrator(s)," said a policeman, who asked not to be named.

Source : XINHUA