reminds me of the modus operandi of the boston marathon bombing.
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Huge explosion rocks central Bangkok - casualties reported
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I would not rule out the work of the military junta or that it was politically motivated but this seems rather counter intuitive to me. Why would they deliberately target foreign tourists and damage the economy in one foul swoop? Isn't their beef only with certain factions of the Thai people?
Most terrorist attacks have a clear motive as seen in Mumbai, Bali, Sydney, Charlie Hebdo (Paris), London, Boston etc. I pray Bangkok isn't added to this list.
Cannot rule out the exile of 100 Uighur muslims to Xinjang in July
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...sends-nearly-100-uighur-muslims-back-to-china
List of injured foreign tourists at hospitals
The Nation August 18, 2015 10:52 am http://www.nationmultimedia.com/bre...d-foreign-tourists-at-hospitals-30266831.html
Police have released the following list of foreign tourists who are receiving treatment at hospitals:
Foreigners treated at Police Hospital:
1) Ms.Wayan
2) Mrs.Ong Chee Kee
3) Ms.Mayla
4) Ms.Liu Chen
5) Mr.Chu Sun Yu
6) Ms.Lee Chunwa
7) Mr.Chiu Pet Ya
8) Wang Yi Ming
9) Ms.Liaa Shiivln
10) Fang Wei
11) Mr.Michelle
12) Tan Rui Hun
13) Ms.Chang Shzh Tzen
14) Ms.Liaa Shiivln
15) Ma Zi Shu
16) Mr.Zhu Qin Cheng
17) Mr.Donovan
18) Mr.Hang Ying
19) Wang Diann
Foreigners treated at the Phra Mongkut Hospital:
1) Mr.Wang Yiming (child)
2) Mr.Wang Dian
3) Ms.Yang Xiting
Injured tourist at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital:
1.Mr. Truong Mai Van
Foreigners treated Chulalongkorn Hospital
1) Mr.Donovan Chan
2) Ms.Zhang Ying Chen
3) Ms.Michelle Heng
4) Ms.Sales Namu
5) Ms.Chang Hsin (Girl)
6) Mr.Ko Chwg Ming
7) Mrs.Liu Chen
8) Ms.Zhang Yi Hang (Girl)
9) Mr.Chang Ning
10) unidentified Chinese man
11)unidentified Chinese man
Injured foreigners at Hua Chiew Hospital:
1) Ms.Hung Yueh Ling (31)
2) Ms.Ong Chiew Lee (59)
3) Ms.Qin Yi (19)
4) Mr.Hermawan Inradjaja (61)
5) Ms.Htuang Jing Jie (22)
6) Mr.Ong Li Meng Wesley (53)
7) Ms.Rosy Fengwei (45)
8) Ms.Tan Kim Siok (52)
9) Mr.Tan Rui Hun (29)
10) Ms.Yi Jia Tong (12)
11) Ms.Ong Chiew Huay
Injured foreigners at Ramathibodi Hospital:
1) Mr.Ng Su Teck (Chinese, 35)
2) Mr.Nebh Hock Guan (Chinese, 53)
3) Ms.Neah Ling (Chinese, 32)
4) Ms.Peng Li (Chinese, 20)
The Nation August 18, 2015 10:52 am http://www.nationmultimedia.com/bre...d-foreign-tourists-at-hospitals-30266831.html
Police have released the following list of foreign tourists who are receiving treatment at hospitals:
Foreigners treated at Police Hospital:
1) Ms.Wayan
2) Mrs.Ong Chee Kee
3) Ms.Mayla
4) Ms.Liu Chen
5) Mr.Chu Sun Yu
6) Ms.Lee Chunwa
7) Mr.Chiu Pet Ya
8) Wang Yi Ming
9) Ms.Liaa Shiivln
10) Fang Wei
11) Mr.Michelle
12) Tan Rui Hun
13) Ms.Chang Shzh Tzen
14) Ms.Liaa Shiivln
15) Ma Zi Shu
16) Mr.Zhu Qin Cheng
17) Mr.Donovan
18) Mr.Hang Ying
19) Wang Diann
Foreigners treated at the Phra Mongkut Hospital:
1) Mr.Wang Yiming (child)
2) Mr.Wang Dian
3) Ms.Yang Xiting
Injured tourist at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital:
1.Mr. Truong Mai Van
Foreigners treated Chulalongkorn Hospital
1) Mr.Donovan Chan
2) Ms.Zhang Ying Chen
3) Ms.Michelle Heng
4) Ms.Sales Namu
5) Ms.Chang Hsin (Girl)
6) Mr.Ko Chwg Ming
7) Mrs.Liu Chen
8) Ms.Zhang Yi Hang (Girl)
9) Mr.Chang Ning
10) unidentified Chinese man
11)unidentified Chinese man
Injured foreigners at Hua Chiew Hospital:
1) Ms.Hung Yueh Ling (31)
2) Ms.Ong Chiew Lee (59)
3) Ms.Qin Yi (19)
4) Mr.Hermawan Inradjaja (61)
5) Ms.Htuang Jing Jie (22)
6) Mr.Ong Li Meng Wesley (53)
7) Ms.Rosy Fengwei (45)
8) Ms.Tan Kim Siok (52)
9) Mr.Tan Rui Hun (29)
10) Ms.Yi Jia Tong (12)
11) Ms.Ong Chiew Huay
Injured foreigners at Ramathibodi Hospital:
1) Mr.Ng Su Teck (Chinese, 35)
2) Mr.Nebh Hock Guan (Chinese, 53)
3) Ms.Neah Ling (Chinese, 32)
4) Ms.Peng Li (Chinese, 20)
May everybody remain safe in such chaos situation.
Press update (extract) on latest speculaton of the bloke who hastily left leaving bag behind in shrine. Plus purported camera shot? And police found shrapnel similarities to Iranian botched bomb incident on suk 71 back in 2012
Images of a man suspected to be a bomb planter showing him with a backpack and without it captured on a CCTV camera. (Photo supplied by the metropolitan police.
...There was wide sharing on social media of a report about "a white foreigner" who arrived in a tuk-tuk carrying a rucksack, and then was seen without it. Later the bomb went off. However, Pol Lt Gen Prawut said it was still unclear who the bomber could have been.
He said police would need some time to collect evidence, which was different from the Paragon bombing in February which involved only a low-power device.
Police on Tuesday morning swept the streets in the Ratchaprasong area for possible evidence. The intersection remained closed, causing traffic jams in the area, but was expected to reopen about noon on Tuesday.
Pol Lt Gen Prawut said the bomb blew debris and shrapnel up to 100 metres from site of the explosion.
Police chief Somyot Punpunmuang told reporters that investigation would be difficult as the bomb blast had destroyed "all traces" of its construction and origin.
The hotline 1599 is open for the pubic to contribute photos or videos taken around the area before or soon after the bomb explosion, to help authorities reconstruct the crime.
Bangkok police detectives said ball bearings possibly packed with the explosive as shrapnel were found in the explosion area. They were six millimetres in diameter, the same size as those found at the scene of the botched bomb explosion set off by Iranian suspects on Sukhumvit 71, Bangkok, in February 2012.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/659848/bomb-toll-revised-20-dead-125-injured
Images of a man suspected to be a bomb planter showing him with a backpack and without it captured on a CCTV camera. (Photo supplied by the metropolitan police.
...There was wide sharing on social media of a report about "a white foreigner" who arrived in a tuk-tuk carrying a rucksack, and then was seen without it. Later the bomb went off. However, Pol Lt Gen Prawut said it was still unclear who the bomber could have been.
He said police would need some time to collect evidence, which was different from the Paragon bombing in February which involved only a low-power device.
Police on Tuesday morning swept the streets in the Ratchaprasong area for possible evidence. The intersection remained closed, causing traffic jams in the area, but was expected to reopen about noon on Tuesday.
Pol Lt Gen Prawut said the bomb blew debris and shrapnel up to 100 metres from site of the explosion.
Police chief Somyot Punpunmuang told reporters that investigation would be difficult as the bomb blast had destroyed "all traces" of its construction and origin.
The hotline 1599 is open for the pubic to contribute photos or videos taken around the area before or soon after the bomb explosion, to help authorities reconstruct the crime.
Bangkok police detectives said ball bearings possibly packed with the explosive as shrapnel were found in the explosion area. They were six millimetres in diameter, the same size as those found at the scene of the botched bomb explosion set off by Iranian suspects on Sukhumvit 71, Bangkok, in February 2012.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/659848/bomb-toll-revised-20-dead-125-injured
Heartening community support, in aftermath
ERAWAN BOMB EXPLOSION
People flock to donate blood following bomb blast
August 18, 2015 12:00 pm. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nat...nate-blood-following-bomb-blast-30266832.html
Hundreds of people line up at the national blood donation centre at Thai Red Cross Society headquarters on Rama IV road following the fatal bomb blast on Ratchaprasong intersection near the Erawan Shrine on Monday night.
The explosion killed at least 20 and wounded dozens others. The injured people, including foreigners, are receiving treatment at many Bangkok hospitals.
The donation centre receives blood on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 to 4.30am; on Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30am to 7.30pm and on weekends and holidays from 8.30am to 3.30pm.
ERAWAN BOMB EXPLOSION
People flock to donate blood following bomb blast
August 18, 2015 12:00 pm. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nat...nate-blood-following-bomb-blast-30266832.html
Hundreds of people line up at the national blood donation centre at Thai Red Cross Society headquarters on Rama IV road following the fatal bomb blast on Ratchaprasong intersection near the Erawan Shrine on Monday night.
The explosion killed at least 20 and wounded dozens others. The injured people, including foreigners, are receiving treatment at many Bangkok hospitals.
The donation centre receives blood on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 to 4.30am; on Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30am to 7.30pm and on weekends and holidays from 8.30am to 3.30pm.
That lady is confirmed a PAP supporter.
yellow blame red
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Bangkok bomb: Thailand says identity of shrine attackers 'much clearer'
Defence minister says police have suspects for bombing that killed 22, after army chief says attack did not bear hallmarks of southern separatists
Thailand is close to determining who detonated a bomb at a popular shrine in Bangkok that killed 22 people and injured 123, the country’s defence minister has said.
“It is much clearer who the bombers are, but I can’t reveal right now,” Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday. “We have suspects. There are not many people.”
Thai authorities later said they were hunting a “suspect” who had been caught on security cameras near the scene of the blast.
Prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha said the suspect was believed to belong to an “anti-government group based in Thailand’s northeast”. The region is a major powerbase for the anti-coup “red shirt” movement.
However, in a statement, Thailand’s ministry of foreign affairs said: “For the time being, it is too early to determine the possible motives or who the perpetrators may be.”
The government has blamed the attack, which ripped through a bustling part of the city at 7pm on Monday night, on forces seeking to destroy its tourist economy.
Much of the violence in the southeast Asian nation stems from a low-level insurgency waged by Muslim separatists in the south, but the country’s army chief said on Tuesday that the attack does not bear the hallmarks of the rebels.
“This does not match with incidents in southern Thailand. The type of bomb used is also not in keeping with the south,” Royal Thai Army chief and deputy defence minister General Udomdej Sitabutr said in a televised interview.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Hindu Erawan shrine, a major attraction for visitors from Asia and for Thai people. Dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, it is also popular among Thailand’s Buddhist and Chinese tourists.
Eight foreigners were killed in the explosion, including three Chinese, two Hong Kong residents, two people from Malaysia and one person from the Philippines. Scores of people were wounded, including many from China and Taiwan.
Forensic police teams in white gloves and sniffer dogs scoured the major intersection in the heart of the capital early on Tuesday morning, where glass and blood still lay on the road.
More than 6,500 people have been killed in the long-running insurgency in the south of the country since 2004, but militants have not launched an attack of this scale on the capital.
Bangkok has witnessed violent protests from opposing political groups since 2006 but foreigners are rarely caught in the bloodshed. An indiscriminate bomb attack killing large numbers of people is unheard of in recent memory.
Thai national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said the death toll stood at 22 from the bombing, with 123 people wounded.
National police chief Somyot Poompanmuang told reporters the attack was unprecedented in Thailand. He said the blast was caused by a pipe bomb.
“The perpetrators intended to destroy the economy and tourism, because the incident occurred in the heart of the tourism district,” defence minister Prawit told Reuters late on Monday.
Tourism is one of the few bright spots in an economy that continues to underperform more than a year after the military seized power in May 2014.
It accounts for about 10% of the economy, and the government had expected a record number of visitors this year following a sharp fall in 2014 during months of street protests and the coup.
At the scene on Monday evening lay burnt out motorcycles, with rubble from the shrine’s wall and pools of blood on the street. “There were bodies everywhere,” said Marko Cunningham, a New Zealand paramedic working with a Bangkok ambulance service, who said the blast had left a two-metre-wide crater.
“Some were shredded. There were legs where heads were supposed to be. It was horrific,” Cunningham told Reuters, adding that people several hundred metres away had been wounded.
The Nation television channel reported that the government would set up a “war room” to coordinate a response. Two pipe bombs exploded in the same district in February but did not cause significant damage.
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Bangkok bomb: Thailand says identity of shrine attackers 'much clearer'
Defence minister says police have suspects for bombing that killed 22, after army chief says attack did not bear hallmarks of southern separatists
Thailand is close to determining who detonated a bomb at a popular shrine in Bangkok that killed 22 people and injured 123, the country’s defence minister has said.
“It is much clearer who the bombers are, but I can’t reveal right now,” Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday. “We have suspects. There are not many people.”
Thai authorities later said they were hunting a “suspect” who had been caught on security cameras near the scene of the blast.
Prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha said the suspect was believed to belong to an “anti-government group based in Thailand’s northeast”. The region is a major powerbase for the anti-coup “red shirt” movement.
However, in a statement, Thailand’s ministry of foreign affairs said: “For the time being, it is too early to determine the possible motives or who the perpetrators may be.”
The government has blamed the attack, which ripped through a bustling part of the city at 7pm on Monday night, on forces seeking to destroy its tourist economy.
Much of the violence in the southeast Asian nation stems from a low-level insurgency waged by Muslim separatists in the south, but the country’s army chief said on Tuesday that the attack does not bear the hallmarks of the rebels.
“This does not match with incidents in southern Thailand. The type of bomb used is also not in keeping with the south,” Royal Thai Army chief and deputy defence minister General Udomdej Sitabutr said in a televised interview.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Hindu Erawan shrine, a major attraction for visitors from Asia and for Thai people. Dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, it is also popular among Thailand’s Buddhist and Chinese tourists.
Eight foreigners were killed in the explosion, including three Chinese, two Hong Kong residents, two people from Malaysia and one person from the Philippines. Scores of people were wounded, including many from China and Taiwan.
Forensic police teams in white gloves and sniffer dogs scoured the major intersection in the heart of the capital early on Tuesday morning, where glass and blood still lay on the road.
More than 6,500 people have been killed in the long-running insurgency in the south of the country since 2004, but militants have not launched an attack of this scale on the capital.
Bangkok has witnessed violent protests from opposing political groups since 2006 but foreigners are rarely caught in the bloodshed. An indiscriminate bomb attack killing large numbers of people is unheard of in recent memory.
Thai national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said the death toll stood at 22 from the bombing, with 123 people wounded.
National police chief Somyot Poompanmuang told reporters the attack was unprecedented in Thailand. He said the blast was caused by a pipe bomb.
“The perpetrators intended to destroy the economy and tourism, because the incident occurred in the heart of the tourism district,” defence minister Prawit told Reuters late on Monday.
Tourism is one of the few bright spots in an economy that continues to underperform more than a year after the military seized power in May 2014.
It accounts for about 10% of the economy, and the government had expected a record number of visitors this year following a sharp fall in 2014 during months of street protests and the coup.
At the scene on Monday evening lay burnt out motorcycles, with rubble from the shrine’s wall and pools of blood on the street. “There were bodies everywhere,” said Marko Cunningham, a New Zealand paramedic working with a Bangkok ambulance service, who said the blast had left a two-metre-wide crater.
“Some were shredded. There were legs where heads were supposed to be. It was horrific,” Cunningham told Reuters, adding that people several hundred metres away had been wounded.
The Nation television channel reported that the government would set up a “war room” to coordinate a response. Two pipe bombs exploded in the same district in February but did not cause significant damage.
Singaporean woman among those killed, confirms Singapore MFA
The Straights Times August 18, 2015 1:19 pm
BANGKOK - The Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that a Singaporean woman in her 30s was killed in the bomb blast that rocked the heart of the Thai capital on Monday night.
The ministry confirmed it in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. "Our Embassy in Bangkok is currently providing consular assistance to the family of the deceased," it said.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved family for their loss. We are deeply saddened by this development, and reiterate our strong condemnation of this indiscriminate act of violence."
Police Major General Dr Pornchai Suteerakune, commander of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, told The Straits Times that she died on the spot.
It is understood that the woman’s husband and brother were injured in the blast.
MFA added that Chua Siew San, Singapore’s Ambassador to Thailand, visited injured Singaporeans at the various local hospitals on Tuesday morning.
All are receiving medical attention, while those with light injuries have been discharged.
The Straights Times August 18, 2015 1:19 pm
BANGKOK - The Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that a Singaporean woman in her 30s was killed in the bomb blast that rocked the heart of the Thai capital on Monday night.
The ministry confirmed it in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. "Our Embassy in Bangkok is currently providing consular assistance to the family of the deceased," it said.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved family for their loss. We are deeply saddened by this development, and reiterate our strong condemnation of this indiscriminate act of violence."
Police Major General Dr Pornchai Suteerakune, commander of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, told The Straits Times that she died on the spot.
It is understood that the woman’s husband and brother were injured in the blast.
MFA added that Chua Siew San, Singapore’s Ambassador to Thailand, visited injured Singaporeans at the various local hospitals on Tuesday morning.
All are receiving medical attention, while those with light injuries have been discharged.
Phra Phrom is a Hindu god but in thai Buddhism context it's a deity. Similar to pikanet/Ganesha
And as if on cue....The witch hunt has started.
Sift thru all 'evidence' presented so far.....and you see that this is the piece of info they want to send out.
Now you know why the phra Phrom was targeted. Supposedly to do with a certain former pm.
Sift thru all 'evidence' presented so far.....and you see that this is the piece of info they want to send out.
Now you know why the phra Phrom was targeted. Supposedly to do with a certain former pm.
all the investigators are yellow.
they can place evidence or give any conclusion they want to see.
SDP do not behave like that.. the hitting of every sinkie face and wallet to win power is the PAP.
Shits, yet another today but thankfully minus fatalities :(
Breaking News | August 18, 2015 2:39 pm (1,157 views)
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/123683
A powerful bomb was thrown into the Chao Phraya river beneath the Taksin bridge where ferries are operating services to passengers, but nobody was hurt.
The explosion sent water into the air over 10 metres high.
Witnesses near the bridge said hundreds of small pellets were strewn into all directions from the explosion whiich they said was a pipe bomb.
They said the bomb was very powerful because they saw water being sent into the air very high.
Fortunately nobody was injured.
EOD police are at the scene and seal off the area to find evidence.
It was not known if this second explosion had any link with the explosion at Ratchaprasong, but the explosion sent out hundreds of pellets similar to this explosion.
Another witness said the pipe bomb was thrown from the bridge but fell onto the water.
Breaking News | August 18, 2015 2:39 pm (1,157 views)
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/123683
A powerful bomb was thrown into the Chao Phraya river beneath the Taksin bridge where ferries are operating services to passengers, but nobody was hurt.
The explosion sent water into the air over 10 metres high.
Witnesses near the bridge said hundreds of small pellets were strewn into all directions from the explosion whiich they said was a pipe bomb.
They said the bomb was very powerful because they saw water being sent into the air very high.
Fortunately nobody was injured.
EOD police are at the scene and seal off the area to find evidence.
It was not known if this second explosion had any link with the explosion at Ratchaprasong, but the explosion sent out hundreds of pellets similar to this explosion.
Another witness said the pipe bomb was thrown from the bridge but fell onto the water.
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