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The lawyer for the prime suspect in investigations into August’s deadly Bangkok bomb blast said on Wednesday (September 30) that his client was told to plant the bomb by another man. Fourteen foreigners were among those killed in the attack, the worst incident of its kind in Thai history. It dealt a fresh blow to a tourism industry recovering from the impact of political protests last year. Authorities said on Friday (September 25) the man […]
(Reuters) — Thai police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang on Monday (September 28) officially presented a cash reward of 3 million baht ($82,668) to officers involved in the Bangkok blast investigation. He announced the cash reward a month ago. “I would like to present the cash reward, which was donated through my businessman friends and some were from myself to Police General Chakthip Chaijinda, to be handed out to all authorities involved in the case, including military […]
(Reuters) — An arrest warrant has been issued for an unnamed suspect in a bomb blast at a Bangkok pier that took place a day after Thailand’s worst ever-bombing killed 20 people at a popular shrine, Thai police said on Friday (August 28). Police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said a court issued the warrant based on grainy video footage of a man in a blue shirt kicking a bag into the water near the pier […]
THE Thai government has said security has been restored near Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok after the deadly bombing Monday night. It is 24 hours since what the Thai Prime Minister described as the worst attack on Thai soil. Street cleaners have scrubbed to clean the blood-stained streets following the explosion that killed 20 people and left 125 seriously injured. Thai security services have released video footage of a suspect wanted in connection with […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 18 (Eagle News) — A pipe bomb explosion in a popular shrine in Bangkok, Thailand left 21 dead including a Fililipino. Most of the casualties are Chinese and Taiwanese tourists. The Philippine Embassy is coordinating with Thai authorities to confirm the alleged Filipino death. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/BewodxL1LgM
AUGUST 18 (Reuters) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday (August 18) that authorities were looking for a “suspect” seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near the site of a bomb blast that killed 22 people, including eight foreigners. “We have checked the closed circuit camera footage and there appears to be a suspect but it wasn’t clear. We have to investigate more,” Prayuth told reporters at Bangkok’s Government House. Officials have not […]
(Reuters) — Thai police began cleaning up the scene of Monday’s bombing and looking for clues at the shrine where more than 20 people died in an unprecedented attack in the Thai capital Bangkok. A bomb planted at one of the Thai capital’s most renowned shrines on Monday killed 19, including three foreign tourists, and wounded scores in an attack the government called a bid to destroy the economy. There was no immediate claim of […]
