Bangkok governor's home bombed

[webfact]

Bangkok governor's home bombed



BANGKOK: -- Suan Pakkad Palace Museum, one of Bangkok’s historical place and home of Bangkok Governor M.L. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, was attacked by hand grenade last night. There was no injury but a car parked inside his home was damaged.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Phayathai police rushed to scene shortly after being alerted.

A pin of the M 26 grenade was found near the scene. It was the same pin of the grenade used in the attack of opposition Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s home this week.

The latest attack on the governor’s home happened at 9.45 p.m. on Sri Ayutthaya road in Rajathevi area. The governor was not at home but was alerted shortly afterwards. He rushed back to his home last night.

He explored sadness over the attack, saying he never took side and served all sides no matter what colors the protesters are.

He condemned the attack, saying the bomb attack was tantamount to attack the prehistoric place. He strongly believed the bombing was the work of the same group of ill-intentioned people who attacked Abhisit’s house.

The governor said that the attacker might think he was at the home and therefore prompted attack.

National Police Office deputy commissioner Pol Gen Ake Angsananond inspected the scene last night. He said the grenade used in the attack was a M 26 hand grenade, same type as the grenade used in the attack of the former prime minister’s house on Soi Sukhumvit 31 late Tuesday night.

He said that the attack was well planned and was carried out by the same group of attackers.

He added that the police will step up security check and set up more checkpoints in the area.

According to the EOD police, the hand grenade was hurled from outside the road and fell at the car park, causing a 10-centimeter hole on the concrete ground.

Suan Pakkad Palace Museum is one of Bangkok’s historical places. It consists of four traditional Thai houses and houses a display of historical antiques dating from prehistoric times to the Rattanakosin period.

Three hours earlier, protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban told several thousands of supporters that there was attempt by red-shirt leader Natawut Saikua, now deputy commerce minister, to unseat the Bangkok governor reasoning that the governor provided facilities at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BNA) office for the protest leaders to hold secret meetings.

Suthep said such accusation was groundless, adding that if the governor is really unseated by his allegation or attempt, millions of Bangkok people will come out as he was elected by two million Bangkok people.

He thanked the red-shirt leader if his attempt was achieved as his protest will add two more million people to join the mass protest.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bangkok-governors-home-bombed/


-- Thai PBS 2014-01-17

[JoeThePoster]

Let me guess before reading below the headline - he wasn't at home.

[whybother]

I'm sure it was just a fire cracker.

[Prbkk]

any circus animals in the vicinity?

[newcomer71]

Saying first of all that any vile attack like this is to be condemned and perpetrators jailed, I wonder how in the news things change (or are manipulated) depending on the source.

The Nation and the Bangkok Post: hand grenade.

Other 2 sources: ping pong bomb - IED

Where's the truth?

Edit: Source cited wrong

Update: Many sources now are converging on the hand grenade, so I guess that is the device used... Quite worrying.

Edited January 17, 2014 by newcomer71

[MaxLee]

Let the FACE wars begin... who has the better backstabbing FACE in Thailand???...

[whybother]

Saying first of all that any vile attack like this is to be condemned and perpetrators jailed, I wonder how in the news things change (or are manipulated) depending on the source.

The Nation: hand grenade.

Bangkok Post and other 2: ping pong bomb - IED

Where's the truth?

The truth is certainly not in your post. The first 4 words of the BP article is "An M26 hand grenade".

[DocN]

Saying first of all that any vile attack like this is to be condemned and perpetrators jailed, I wonder how in the news things change (or are manipulated) depending on the source.

The Nation: hand grenade.

Bangkok Post and other 2: ping pong bomb - IED

Where's the truth?

...in the eye of the beholder?!

Oh no...that was beauty!

[toybits]

I wonder if this is one of those things the Impatient Protesters might do to fan the flames of unrest?

"RT @BangkokDan: The Nation's Pravit on Al Jazeera - Protesters get impatient, we might soon see something more drastic. "

[Prbkk]

These events are extremely unpleasant. However, the way it is reported here is not accurate. This was a carpark, far from the building. No less unpleasant.

Edited January 17, 2014 by Prbkk

[newcomer71]

Saying first of all that any vile attack like this is to be condemned and perpetrators jailed, I wonder how in the news things change (or are manipulated) depending on the source.

The Nation: hand grenade.

Bangkok Post and other 2: ping pong bomb - IED

Where's the truth?

The truth is certainly not in your post. The first 4 words of the BP article is "An M26 hand grenade".

I made a mistake, once read many different reports and tweets... I already corrected it, thanks for your heads up.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

First the Democratic Party headquarters area is sprayed with gunfire. Then a hand grenade thrown at Abhisit's house. Now the same thing at the area where the BKK governor (a Democrat) lives.

Are we beginning to sense a pattern here???

And yet no one seems to be throwing explosives at YL or her minion's homes. Wonder why?

[Jack Mountain]

There must a lot jealous high-placed persons hoping they will be 'attacked' to, confirming to themself that they have some status.

[toybits]

First of all, it would be very inconsistent with the policy of non-engagement by the caretaker government. An act of violence against the Democrat party leader like Mr. Abhisit or the Bkk Governor would immediately be blamed on the caretaker government - Right?

So if you were a thinking man - wouldn't you agree?

First the Democratic Party headquarters area is sprayed with gunfire. Then a hand grenade thrown at Abhisit's house. Now the same thing at the area where the BKK governor (a Democrat) lives.

Are we beginning to sense a pattern here???

And yet no one seems to be throwing explosives at YL or her minion's homes. Wonder why?

[jaidam]

Confirming beyond any doubt that Khun Abhisit was bang on the money yesterday when he asserted the bombing campaign was highly organized. Do the red shirts have no sense of shame?

[Kilgore Trout]

"He condemned the attack, saying the bomb attack was tantamount to attack the prehistoric place"

Prehistoric place??? Does he live in a cave?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

> It was the same pin of the grenade used in the attack of opposition Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s home this week.

At least they recycle stuff. Sufficiency!

[webfact]

UPDATE:
Motorcycle attacker hurls hand grenade at governor’s home

BANGKOK: -- The police are now hunting for two motorcyclists who were seen in a video footage hurling a hand grenade into Suan Pakkad Palace, home of the Bangkok governor M.L. Sukhumbhand Paribatra last night.

The video footage showed the pillion rider in a jacket dismounting from the motorcycle and then hurled the grenade from outside sidewalk to the home. He then jumped on to a waiting motorcycle and escaped towards Phayathai intersection.

The bomb attack happened at about 10.20 p.m. last night.

National Police Office deputy commissioner Pol Gen Ake Angsananond said the grenade was the same type which was used to attack Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Soi Sukhumvit 31 on Tuesday night.

The advisory team of the Bangkok governor said that the video footage will be released to the media and shown on the public today.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/motorcycle-attacker-hurls-hand-grenade-governors-home/


-- Thai PBS 2014-01-17

[love1012]

any circus animals in the vicinity?

Yes the circus animals hired by Thaksin to do this!

[ChrisY1]

"He explored sadness over the attack"

"attack the prehistoric place"

"He said that the attack was well planned and was carried out by the same group of attackers."

Dreadful reporting!......Where do these "journalists" come from......do they actually graduate form somewhere.....or as it seems, kids of connected people/relatives......!

[Briggsy]

Another staged fake non-attack.

[fab4]

"He (Suthep) thanked the red-shirt leader if his attempt was achieved as his protest will add two more million people to join the mass protest."

6 Million here, 2 Million there, at this rate, there'll be no room left to protest, Bangkok will be full of people whistling..............

Edited January 17, 2014 by fab4

[love1012]

Another staged fake non-attack.

Please sho proof of this matter!! They have already caught offenders who Bomb house of Abhisit they were red shirt sympathisers. One woman and three men.

[webfact]

Bomb attack at Suan Pakkad Palace, damaging car; no injuries
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Jan 17 -- Suan Pakkad Palace, a museum located in Sri Ayutthaya Road, was hit by bomb attack that damaged a car in the premise without no report of injuries.

Police said the attack occurred at around 10pm when an unidentified person hurled a bomb into the palace. The explosion damaged a car but no one was injured.

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paripatra inspected the scene and said that the assailants may have thought he was living in the compound so they have targeted the palace.

Mr Sukhumbhand is chairman of the Chumbhot-Pantip Foundation which owns and manages Suan Pakkad Palace and Museum.

He said there was nobody living there. However, one security guard stayed there to provide security for the museum.

The Bangkok governor said that it was sad that police could not protect the people's property particularly referring to bomb attacks at the homes of Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and former Democrat MP Issara Somchai.

National Police Deputy commissioner Pol Gen Ake Angsananond said that, according to the initial investigation, the bomb was an M26 hand grenade, similar to that used in the attack on Mr Abhisit's Sukhumvit home on Tuesday.

It was believed that the attackers may be the same group, he said.

After inspecting the CCTV camera at the palace, the footage showed a black clad attacker, wearing a helmet, got off a motorcycle and threw an object over the wall into the compound before leaving the scene.

Earlier in the day, a small explosive was hurled into the protest site of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in front of Lumpini Park.

A PDRC volunteer security guard told police that he was working with other three guards at the intersection under the Thai Belgium bridge to provide security at about 8pm.

Two men on a motorcycle, wearing protective vests and helmets, rode from Sathorn Road and threwa small explosive device before leaving the scene. No one injured in the incident.

In another incident, a small explosion and gunshots toward the rally site at five way intersection at Lat Phrao occurred at around 2am. Two security guards were wounded in the attacks. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-01-17

[noitom]

The first news report in this forum stated that the Abhisit bomb was a "ping pong" bomb. Now they are saying it was the same pin as the hand grenade in the Abhisit bomb. What gives with the press? The Thai press seems totally inept at getting the facts and telling the truth.

[Prbkk]

well, whoever is doing this, we can be grateful that they are totally inept, having failed 100% if the aim was to hurt someone of status. Sadly, many innocent "small people" haven't had the same good fortune over the past few years

[bigbamboo]

More redshirts playing ping pong?

[taony]

Now I know what that sound was!!! Real loud last night. I can't see around that corner bc buildings are blocking the view. I was looking through my binoculars at Victory Monument, but of course didn't see any smoke or commotion, so figured I was just being paranoid (there have been fireworks going off since before New Year's and even a display nearby this week). I thought maybe it was a truck or something falling at a construction site. It didn't sound like an explosion but more like something really heavy dropping from a height.

edit: actually, if I look to the right, I can probably see the Pakkard museum. I didn't notice any smoke or anything last night. But could have just missed it because I was concentrating on other places.

Edited January 17, 2014 by taony

[Scamper]

This peaceful protest movement is now being punctuated in nightly attacks by people who don't believe in the right to protest. The violence seems to be happening at night in an ongoing terror campaign. In recent weeks, we have seen the men in black who were identified by the chief of police as policemen before he was hushed up. We have seen " detectives " at Lumpini park " collecting evidence ". And we've seen Navy Seals whose presence simply adds to the convoluted picture that reminds one of Watergate. In Watergate - for those that recall it - there were all these undercover sting operations, together with campaigns to discredit, frame and intimidate. There is a stealth campaign afoot aimed at discrediting and intimidating the protest movement, and it's all taking place at night. Sherlock Holmes had his famous " web of motive ". Let's take a look at it. Who are the victims in these attacks ? They are the protest sites, and the homes of the leaders of the movement. They also now include the former prime minister and the Governor of Bangkok, who both just happen to be Democrats. Now what would Sherlock Holmes conclude, or anybody else for that matter ?

Edited January 17, 2014 by Scamper

[Ricardo]

"He condemned the attack, saying the bomb attack was tantamount to attack the prehistoric place"

Prehistoric place??? Does he live in a cave?

Or perhaps it's often occupied by political dinosaurs, of whatever colour ?

Edited January 17, 2014 by Ricardo