webfact Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Iranian suspect tells Thai court 'stunned' to find bombs BANGKOK, April 26, 2013 (AFP) - An Iranian man whose legs were blown off during an alleged botched bomb plot last year against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok said Friday he found the explosives and was trying to dispose of them safely when they detonated. Saeid Moradi, 29, told a Bangkok court that he was about to leave Thailand when he found four bombs hidden inside radios in a cupboard at a rented house in the city. Two of the devices exploded as he ran into the street to throw them into a nearby canal -- the second tearing off his legs, he said. Moradi and Mohammad Khazaei, 42, are among five Iranians suspected of involvement in the February 2012 blasts that followed attacks in India and Georgia and saw Tehran accused by Israel of a terror campaign. Giving his evidence first, the younger defendant said he accidentally triggered one of the bombs when he opened a cupboard in the apartment. "I was stunned and threw it into the corner, believing it was a smoke bomb," the wheelchair-bound suspect said via a translator, adding he grabbed two other bombs and ran outside to throw them into a nearby canal. He did not refer to the fourth device. Prosecutors accuse Moradi of hurling one bomb at a taxi and a second at two police officers as they approached him on the street, but it instead detonated near the suspect. The defendant gave a different version of events saying he dropped one of the devices near the taxi by mistake, and tried to throw the other away as the policemen approached fearing it would detonate and hurt them. "I knew if the police stopped me I'd have to drop the bomb which may have endangered them and people nearby. "So I threw it about a metre in front of me," he said, adding he blacked out and woke up at hospital later to find his legs had been torn off in the blast. Fellow defendant Khazaei, who smiled and gave a two-finger victory sign to the waiting press as he arrived from prison for the hearing, is due to give testimony after his alleged accomplice. The pair have already pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted murder and possessing explosives. "The penalty for attempted murder and possessing explosives... will probably be quite severe but we will fight every charge," their lawyer Kittipong Kiattanapoom told reporters earlier outside the court. In June last year a Malaysian court ordered the extradition to Thailand of another of the Iranian suspects, Masoud Sedaghatzadeh. Sedaghatzadeh was arrested at Kuala Lumpur's international airport a day after the Bangkok blasts. Two other suspects are believed to have returned to Iran. The trial continues. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-04-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tywais Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 "Two of the devices exploded as he ran into the street to throw them into a nearby canal" Just bad timing that the police got in the way as he was aiming for the canal. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kananga Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) Quote - "The penalty for attempted murder and possessing explosives... will probably be quite severe I say probably because if you are the son of a Deputy Prime minister or an energy drinks heir it probably wouldn't be. Edited April 26, 2013 by Kananga 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjjmmi Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Amazing Story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgma Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Thai police are always targeted even in a court of law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeOboe57 Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 As long as they can roam around freely these [fill in religion] terrorists publish one video message after the other and threaten a "sea of blood", "death to all infidels" and "eternal jihad" but once they get caught they start grovelling and come up with the most lame and pathetic excuses to deny any involvement. Why don't you little rats have the balls to stand firmly to your jihadist enterprises? Even if they get convicted - as their defense is just too stupid - they will be released on bail and put on the next flight to Teheran. The relations between Thailand and Iran are more important than having some Iranian terrorists rotting in the Bangkok Hilton. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mosha Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 "Two of the devices exploded as he ran into the street to throw them into a nearby canal" Just bad timing that the police got in the way as he was aiming for the canal. To quote John Wayne “Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.” 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 "he grabbed two other bombs and ran outside to throw them into a nearby canal." Can't have been that close given that he tried to run out to the main road and catch a taxi. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuddyPinkham Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 Didn't he also throw one at the taxi cab that would not take him where he wanted to go? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuananddon Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 What a bunch of BS that story is. If they hooked that guy up to a lie detector he would probably break it, what a sorry assed story this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I reckon they will be convicted and Iran will continue to claim no involvement in the affair. I see no issue in this with Thai-Iranian relations. Like they care about a couple of low level operatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Well come on you lot, can you come up with a better story. ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayaorganic Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 "he grabbed two other bombs and ran outside to throw them into a nearby canal." Can't have been that close given that he tried to run out to the main road and catch a taxi. I wonder why he didn't just run outside WITHOUT the bombs to flee to safety...duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jamhar Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 Can the double his sentence for inept lying? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Strange days indeed, my cupboard is full of empties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yooper2001 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) maybe he should have used the old " my tire blew out excuse" this works for bus drivers after a crash involving several deaths Edited April 26, 2013 by Scott font Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 ''The defendant gave a different version of events saying he dropped one of the devices near the taxi by mistake'' Well, that would explain it, Colombo would surely reply.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 This guy has been in Thailand too long. He's obviously been reading some of the excuses the wealthy in this country have used to escape punishment and thought why can't I? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 This happened just outside of my daughters school and this lowlife piece of pig excreta insults us by thinking we are stupid enough to believe it. Shows what fools he really thinks the citizens of Thailand really are. I really hope the explosion took his b*lls so the pr*ck will never be able to reproduce offspring of equally low ethics and intelligence again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiyada Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 This guy is an innocent as a politician, Having ones legs blown off does rather mess up an escape plan, wonder what the legs are doing with those 47 (or however many) virgins ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaRanter Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 He could walk away from this if he keeps lying. Though he is legless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geriatrickid Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 It is unbelievable that state sponsored terrorists can frolic in Thailand attacking Thai citizens and the government takes no action against the foreign state. Not even a word of protest. Is it any wonder then that the southern insurgency can so easily obtain support from outside sources? When the Iranians sent agents to Canada to spy on and harass dissidents and to allegedly engage in other unacceptable acts, the Canadian government responded. Canada closed its embassy in Iran, and declared personae non gratae all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada. And yet, the response in Thailand is to carry on as if nothing happened. The lack of response from Thailand speaks volumes. Thailand says it wants to make a place for itself on the world stage. With this response, Thailand sets itself up to be seen as a pushover where anything goes. This is one of PM Yingluck's biggest mistakes in foreign relations and if the powers that be think keeping quiet will get them cheap oil or some customers for rice, they are mistaken. A serious miscalculation that will cost Thailand in the long run. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OzMick Posted April 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2013 Probably a reflection of the competence of both the PM and Foreign Minister. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 But ... the guy hopping out of the police van giving a V sign kinda contradicts the legless hero's claims!!! Like the smiling bomber in Bali, the V man has no remorse, so despatch him immediately, but the legless guy should spend time (about a lifetime) thinking about how stupid he really is. Footnote - love to see how he handles the squat starting block toilet in the Bangkok Hilton. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidu Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 What about the Iranian woman who rented the house where the bombs were made and/or kept? No chance of her getting extradited from Iran to face trial. It smells like Iran officialdom has its fingers in this imbroglio - and that would explain why Iran is so eager to have it all get swept under the Persian carpet and forgotten about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 "he grabbed two other bombs and ran outside to throw them into a nearby canal." Can't have been that close given that he tried to run out to the main road and catch a taxi. I wonder why he didn't just run outside WITHOUT the bombs to flee to safety...duh Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjaidee Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 As long as they can roam around freely these [fill in religion] terrorists publish one video message after the other and threaten a "sea of blood", "death to all infidels" and "eternal jihad" but once they get caught they start grovelling and come up with the most lame and pathetic excuses to deny any involvement. Why don't you little rats have the balls to stand firmly to your jihadist enterprises? Even if they get convicted - as their defense is just too stupid - they will be released on bail and put on the next flight to Teheran. The relations between Thailand and Iran are more important than having some Iranian terrorists rotting in the Bangkok Hilton. Innocent until PROVEN guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Iranian suspect tells Thai court 'stunned' to find bombs Enough already with these lame excuses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Iranian suspect tells Thai court 'stunned' to find bombs Enough already with these lame excuses. It's a new concept: the INANITY defense ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 One had always supposed it was illegal for Iranians, being devoutly religious, to tell porkies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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