Tag: Bangkok bomb blast

Malaysia arrests three suspects in connection with Bangkok blast

SEPTEMBER 14 (Reuters) — Malaysia has arrested three suspects in connection with the investigation into a bomb blast in central Bangkok last month that killed 20 people, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said on Monday (September 14). Two Malaysians and a Pakistani national were arrested and were assisting with the investigation, Khalid told reporters. The Pakistani suspect is male while one of the local suspects is female and the other is male, he added. “I […]

Thai police brings suspect to reenact Bangkok shrine blast

BANGKOK, Thailand, September 9 (Reuters) — Thai police on Wednesday (September 9) took a second arrested suspect to areas near the blast scene to perform a reconstruction of moments before and after the Bangkok blast incident that killed at least 20 people last month. Under police interrogation, one of two foreigners in detention admitted to delivering a rucksack to the bomber at Bangkok’s main railway station on the evening of the Aug. 17 attack, two […]

Thai police find suspected bomb making ‘recipe’

Thai police spokesman, Prawut Thawornsiri, on Thursday (September 3) said the suspect who was arrested in the Eastern Sakaeo Province early in the week was found with a list of substances that could be use to make a bomb. “The suspect arrested from Sakaeo, (was found with) what appears to be a recipe used to create a bomb. Right now, we have sent that to an expert to confirm whether this was a bomb recipe […]

New bomb blast rocks Bangkok, Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand, August 19 (Eagle News) — A bridge in central Bangkok was rocked by another bomb blast when a man throws a small explosive on Tuesday evening. According to Colonel Natakit Siriwongtawan, deputy police chief of Klongsan district, the explosive thrown in the river caused no injuries and fatality. However, Siriwongtawan said that if it had not fallen into the water, it would have caused injuries. Thailand’s Bangkok was rattled by an explosion on […]