Three Thai men arrested after one threw explosive at police

[snoop1130]

 

Three Thai men were arrested by police shortly after they threw a home-made explosive device at traffic police officer directing traffic at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok this morning (Monday), according to Pol Maj-Gen Jirasant Kaewsang-ek, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.

 

Four men, riding motorcycles, passed through the Ratchaprasong intersection and one lobbed the home-made device. The officer was unharmed. 

 

Immediately following the incident, a manhunt was launched. Three of the suspects were apprehended shortly afterward. The fourth evaded capture. The three nabbed are 18, 26, and 30 years old, with the youngest being the one who threw the explosive.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/three-thai-men-arrested-after-one-threw-explosive-at-police/

 

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[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Immediately following the incident, a manhunt was launched. Three of the suspects were apprehended shortly afterward. The fourth evaded capture. The three nabbed are 18, 26, and 30 years old, with the youngest being the one who threw the explosive.

No excuses for this level of violence, free speech is one thing, civil protests are another.

Bombs have no place in debates.

[scorecard]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

No excuses for this level of violence, free speech is one thing, civil protests are another.

Bombs have no place in debates.

They're reading/watching US news.

[internationalism]

so how can arrest and charge 3 people, if only one bomb was thrown.

Possibly they were riding on 2, up to 4 motorbikes.

Doesn't say anything about protest.

Can be from local criminal gang watching their area to revenge at that particular officer for some his policing work (or abandoning his duties - like belonging to a rival gang)