6 Injured In Klong Toey Market Bomb Attack

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6 injured in Klong Toey Market bomb attack

Six people were injured when a bomb exploded at the Klong Toey night market at 1:30 am Sunday, police said.

A security gauard told police that an assailant hurled a bomb at a noodle stall and fled the scene on a motorcycle.

Watcharakij Thamthirasri, the legal division manager of the Legal Professional Co Ltd, said a security camera captured four suspects coming into the market before the explosion occurred.

-- The Nation 2010-02-07

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[dale8]

Hello, I hope all the people injured will not have any permanant problems. This was drastic action to take for getting some bad noodles, but some people have anger issues. Cheers.

[Bagwan]

Hello, I hope all the people injured will not have any permanant problems. This was drastic action to take for getting some bad noodles, but some people have anger issues. Cheers.

Routine debt collection tactic. I shall be mildly but pleasantly surprised if anybody is apprehended and charges made.

Perhaps the perpetrators thought they were in Suk Soi 23?

[Artisi]

Turf / debt problems.

[Scott]

I hope those that were injured make a full and quick recovery.

[taichiplanet]

These guys have lots of brains; chuck a bomb and scare away all the locals and tourists, then no one makes any money. Just what Thai tourism needs, wonder if the international media will get in on the act?

[petebkk]

If they used M79 grenade, no one will ever get caught. It's in the manufacturer's warranty. Unfortunately, this warranty only apply for use in Thailand.

[ThailandTommy]

If they used M79 grenade, no one will ever get caught. It's in the manufacturer's warranty. Unfortunately, this warranty only apply for use in Thailand.

good answer!

I bet innocent people were the ones injured? And the money involved in this skirmish is probably less than it cost to make the 'bomb' F$·& wits!

Edited February 7, 2010 by ThailandTommy

[neverdie]

These guys have lots of brains; chuck a bomb and scare away all the locals and tourists, then no one makes any money. Just what Thai tourism needs, wonder if the international media will get in on the act?

Or I wonder if the international media are too busy reporting on bomb attacks in their own countries.....theres no shortage of this type of explosive stupidity going on these days, you know?

[bramds]

Last time this happened it wasn't reported abroad, so I doubt it will happen this time.

[bangon04]

These guys have lots of brains; chuck a bomb and scare away all the locals and tourists, then no one makes any money. Just what Thai tourism needs, wonder if the international media will get in on the act?

I thought the whole idea was to clear the market stallholders out of the area so it can be redeveloped..??

[binky]

Can't imagine the noodles were THAT bad. I hope the injured get well soon.

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KLONG TOEI'S BOMB ATTACK

Warrant sought for man after attack

By Kanathid Srihirandej

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Metropolitan Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of one of four suspects sought for a bomb at Klong Toei mar?ket early yesterday which injured six people, two of them severely.

After the explosion, police got video footage of a group of teenagers wearing black t-shirts who ran to get away on black motorcycles, Pol Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont, com?mander of the Metropolitan Police, said.

"We have already collected all evidence and spoken to wit?nesses. Now we can issue a war?rant to arrest a man suspected of being involving in the bomb?ing," he said after a two-hour meeting with police.

About 100 officers would be stationed at Klong Toei market to control the situation, Santhan added.

He said the bomb was part of a conflict between vendors who oppose the new conces?sionaire, Legal Professional Co, which won the right to run the market from the Port Authority of Thailand, and vendors who have deals with the firm.

Legal Professional chairman Thammanas Promphao said at a press conference yesterday the bomb may have been caused by rival vendors.

He explained that a noodle soup seller, Janjira Na Nakhon, and other two people, who were members of Credit Union Cooperative 79 Ltd, previously signed contracts for Klong Toei market 2.

They had previously lodged a complaint at the Cooperative Promotion Office area 2 about lack of transparency at Credit Union Cooperative 79 Ltd's administration, he said. Members of Credit Union Cooperative 79 Ltd had never received a bonus in more than 20 years, he alleged.

Thammanas said Janjira's sister Wanida Na Nakhon also had a contract with the compa?ny and was waiting for the cur?rent vendor to move out from a stand at the market but the other vendor had not moved and they had been fighting for two weeks.

Wanida and Janjira were leaders of a group of vendors who made contracts with the Legal Professional and they had been threatened in recent weeks prior to the bomb yesterday.

-- The Nation 2010-02-08

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