BANGKOK, July 26 — Senior Thai police officers Monday said they believed a bomb which exploded at a busy bus stop outside Big C department store in the capital was an M67 type and the bomber must have been expert in using it. Pol Gen Panupong Singhara Na Ayutthaya, national police chief adviser, told journalists […]
Narathiwat – Five rangers were slightly injured when insurgents detonated a road-side bomb to ambush them in this southern border province Monday. The explosion occurred at 11:45 am on a main road in Dohaemae village in Tambon Rico of Sungai Padi district. Police said the five rangers were returning to their base when insurgents detonated […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2010 (NNT) – The bomb blast in front of Big C Department Store’s Rajdamri branch on Sunday could affect the tourist confidence in Thailand, according the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA). ATTA Advisor Apichart Sankary stated that the recent explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri in the heart of Bangkok […]
The bombing, amid protests and an election, risks a crossfire of finger-pointing. BANGKOK, Thailand — A mysterious bombing has returned unease to Bangkok, still on the mend from wild riots and urban army raids. One man is reported dead and eight wounded after explosives stashed in a trash bag erupted near a bus stop, charring […]
A bomb has exploded at a bus stop in the Thai capital, Bangkok, killing one person and wounding 10 others. The blast occurred in an area occupied by “red-shirt” anti-government protesters for weeks until a crackdown by the security forces in May. It came as voting ended in a closely-watched by-election in the city. Unofficial […]
Police have identified nine people injured in the bomb explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri Sunday evening. Thawatchai Thongmak, 51, was severely injured and rushed to the Police Hospital. The eight others were identified as Sompatchara Tangsiriphanit, 46, Somchai Iampracha, 37, Somjai Phanwima, 37, Chanu (surname unknown), 24, Puan Pornnithet, 37, and Wirasak Saetae, […]
A hidden bomb killed a female villager who detonated it when she stepped on a trip wire as she was heading to a plantation to tap her rubber and two ordinance offiers distached to the scene nearly met the same fate when they arrived at the scene, a local official said. The size of the […]
Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC) on Wednesday denied reports that Malay-Muslim separatist organisations unilaterally suspended organised attacks in three districts of Narathiwat province. The Patani Malay Liberation Movement had issued a statement over the weekend, claiming that the unilateral cease-fire – billed as a confidence-building measure – was implemented in Rangae, Yingor and Choh I-Rong […]
