One arrest made as net closes on bombing suspects

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One arrest made as net closes on bombing suspects

By The Nation

 

 

POLICE HAVE arrested one suspect for the bombing spree that hit Thailand’s deep South on Sunday, while others are being sought after being identified.

 

“One of the suspects is now in detention and has provided useful information,” Pattani police chief Pol Lt-General Piyawat Chalermsri said yesterday. “Moreover, we have evidence that can nail down several of his alleged accomplices.” 

 

Among that evidence is video from closed-circuit cameras and the testimonies of witnesses. 

 

“When we checked the suspects against records of old security cases, we could identify many of them,” Piyawat said.

 

“They are old and new members of the BRN,” he added, referring to the militant separatist movement. 

 

Pattani province was rocked by almost a dozen explosions on Sunday night. The ongoing investigation indicates that suspects gathered at a location in the Muang Pattana Municipality’s area before heading out separately to carry out the attacks. 

 

Typically, at least two insurgents carry out each bomb attack, but the investigation into Sunday’s blasts revealed only one bomber planted each device. 

 

“When they act alone, it becomes easier for them to evade detection,” Piyawat said.

 

He was speaking after police in Songkhla province announced they would also seek an arrest warrant for a suspect in the attacks there.

 

A source at Saba Yoi Police Station said yesterday that investigators identified a man caught on camera at an ATM booth just before one of two bombs went off there as Waekoyee Taleh, a suspected sympathiser of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) militant Islamic insurgent group.

 

Several explosions rocked Songkhla on Sunday.

 

Meanwhile at Yala’s Bannang Sata Police Station, superintendent Pol Col Theeraphot Yindee said CCTV images from scenes of 11 bomb attacks in the district showed suspects with features similar to men wanted in other national security cases. He said more information was being collected with an eye to seeking warrants.

 

Security measures have been ramped up in business hubs, densely populated areas and state offices following the 20 bomb attacks in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Songkhla at the weekend.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30346042

 

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[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

POLICE HAVE arrested one suspect for the bombing spree that hit Thailand’s deep South on Sunday, while others are being sought after being identified.

Mr Mohammed denied the charge, and went on to say that Mr Mohammed Mohammed and Mr Mohammed Mo El Mohammed had nothing to do with it either.

[geriatrickid]

Thailand had better be nice to these Islamic militants, or else Erdogan of Turkey will have something to say. He  is organizing an Islamic protection force.

[UASCB500BIKER]

WAR TAX !!! Stop the war in six months. 50% war tax on all southern .Muslims. If police name a bad guy,then evict the family from their homes. thats father.mother,sisters,brothers,uncles. 5-10 houses.all their cars,pick-ups,motorcycles.  The families would pay 80% War Tax. The all Muslim Bank accounts would be reduced by 50% to pay for the War and Fund the hurt.  Turn yourself in bad guy or this will happen to your parents.    

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, UASCB500BIKER said:

WAR TAX !!! Stop the war in six months. 50% war tax on all southern .Muslims. If police name a bad guy,then evict the family from their homes. thats father.mother,sisters,brothers,uncles. 5-10 houses.all their cars,pick-ups,motorcycles.  The families would pay 80% War Tax. The all Muslim Bank accounts would be reduced by 50% to pay for the War and Fund the hurt.  Turn yourself in bad guy or this will happen to your parents.    

Wouldn't it just be easier to give them back their country?