Four wounded in Chiang Mai bombing

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Four wounded in Chiang Mai bombing

CHIANG MAI, 22 Mar 2014, (NNT) - Police officials report that there were multiple bombings in Chiang Mai last night, saying no group or individual has come forward to claim responsibility, while acknowledging the incidents were the work of ill intentioned individuals creating public alarm.

The first violent attack was on a PTT fuel station in Muang District at around half past eight, the police said, adding four people were injured, three of whom were station employees while the other was a customer. All the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

About one hour after the event, another attack occurred in Boonrawd Co.Ltd. in Sarathee District where an unknown number of attackers threw two grenades into the company’s compound. One bomb exploded while the the other did not. No one was injured during this attack.

Finally at 10.15 PM, another bomb went off at the Andaman Seafood Restaurant in Muang District, Chiang Mai. The blast wrecked two cars but fortunately no casualties or injuries were caused.

Police are conducting an investigation into the triple attacks.

-- NNT 2014-03-22

[lee b]

Discraceful. Nothing but a bunch of cowards with no care about human life. Come on BiB get cracking !!

[londonthai]

ptt is a target for suthep's mob in bkk, so possibility, that's why they were chosen as the first to attack. Extremely dangerous, as an explosion of fuel and gas could have killed tens/hundreds of staff, customers and locals

[Just1Voice]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

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Edited March 22, 2014 by Just1Voice

[Costas2008]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

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There is logic, if you can call it logic, coming from the red leaders heads.

They are trying to create headlines and get sympathy from the Thai people.

They have no morals and they are criminals.

And they will carry on and on...........don't expect the police to identify them.

[true blue]

getting a bit closer to here the troubles in bangkok.

[BB1955]

^{Just plain sad to see this happen here ......}

[Rob8891]

Smog, bombs..... God, it's enough to make one have a week on the beach.

Oh, wait! We left CM for the clean air on the beach already...... ???

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Four wounded in three explosions in Chiang Mai
By Digital Content



CHIANG MAI, March 22 -- Four people were wounded in three separated explosions in the northern province of Chiang Mai on Friday night.

The explosions occurred almost at the same time at around 10pm. The first bomb was detonated at a petrol station at Nong Hoi subdistrict in the provincial seat of Chiang Mai.

Four people--three petrol station employees and one customer--were wounded and sent to a nearby hospital.

The investigators found the trigger of the bomb and guessed it to be an RGD5 hand grenade. Police were checking CCTV footage to seek evidence and the bomber's identity.

The petrol station was operated by a company of a former Uttaradit Senator who was reportedly supporting the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).

The second bomb was exploded at the parking lot of Andaman Seafood restaurant on Mahidol Road of the provincial seat.

Police said, according to the initial investigation, the bomb was a homemade gunpowder explosive device. The power of the blast damaged several cars, but there were no reports of injuries.

The third blast has occurred at office of Chiangmai Beverage Co, an affiliate of Boonrawd Brewery Co in Saraphi district. There were no initial reports of injuries.

According to an initial investigation, two M-79 grenades were shot at the office, one failed to explode, while the another one exploded.

Earlier at around 9.30pm in the eastern resort province of Chon Buri, two M-79 grenades landed near a PDRC stage in the provincial seat.

Kantapon Sukhumalin, a leader of the PDRC in Chon Buri, said some 2,000 protesters had rallied at the Bang Sai subdistrict while attackers in a pickup truck parked and fired two grenades at them.

One grenade landed in front of Bang Sai municipality office, damaging glass windows, a pickup truck, and a car. Another grenade caused damage to Bang Sai knowledge and development centre. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-03-22

[Beetlejuice]

This is outrageous.

Innocent people going about their business then come under attack with a lethal device. All the perpetrators if caught should serve mandatory life sentences for attempted murder.

[CNXBKKMAN]

The ripples from these bombs are still moving. I have just heard some locals worrying about going to wualai walking street tonight. It's a sad day when you have to fear bombs when you are out and about in the city.

[roamer]

The ripples from these bombs are still moving. I have just heard some locals worrying about going to wualai walking street tonight. It's a sad day when you have to fear bombs when you are out and about in the city.

Sadly I think you had better strap yourself in for the ride. The idiots on both sides aren't going to be put back in the box any time soon.

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Grenade blasts rattle northern Thai city

BANGKOK, March 22, 2014 (AFP) - A string of grenade blasts shook a northern Thai city popular with foreign tourists, leaving several people wounded in attacks that police said Saturday could be linked to the kingdom's deadly political crisis.

The explosions in Chiang Mai on Friday evening came hours after the Constitutional Court nullified a February general election disrupted by opposition protests, angering government supporters.

The targets were a seafood restaurant, a petrol station and a brewery that has faced criticism because of its controlling family's links with anti-government protesters.

Four people were wounded but were out of danger Saturday and had returned home, Chiang Mai provincial police commander Grit Gitilue said by telephone.

"We established two possible motives for the attacks -- personal conflict or politics. We are giving more weight to the second one," he said, adding that no suspects had been arrested.

Two grenades were also fired near an anti-government rally in the eastern province of Chonburi on Friday evening but nobody was hurt, police said.

The unrest is a blow to efforts to lure back tourists after a state of emergency was recently lifted in Bangkok in response to an easing of months of political violence that has left 23 people dead.

The violence, mostly concentrated in Bangkok, has often targeted opposition protesters seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government and install an unelected "people's council" to oversee reforms.

Thailand has been bitterly divided since her elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as premier by royalist generals in a 2006 coup.
Yingluck has been charged with negligence in connection with a rice subsidy scheme, and could face impeachment within weeks.

Her supporters, known as the "Red Shirts", have warned that they will not tolerate a "judicial coup" to oust the government through the courts.

The red-clad movement was due to hold a political rally on Saturday evening in the seaside city of Pattaya.

Their mass protests against the previous government in 2010 triggered street clashes and a military crackdown that left more than 90 people dead in the country's worst civil unrest in decades.

Yingluck's Puea Thai Party had been expected to win the February election, which was boycotted by the opposition.

The polls were annulled on the grounds that they were not held nationwide on the same day, due to the disruption by demonstrators.

Parties linked to Thaksin -- who lives in Dubai to avoid prison for corruption -- won every previous election for more than a decade, helped by strong support in the north.

But many southerners and Bangkok residents accuse the Shinawatra family of raiding the public coffers to buy the loyalty of rural voters through populist policies.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-03-22

[xminator]

Thank you Mr Suthep for bringing the violence to Thailand.

[sweatalot]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

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logic says that those who are known for violence, bomb, gun and grenade attacks and who are talking about war and wardrums are those who did this.

Logic also says, that the more of one of those groups are in that area tha more likely it is they did this.

Not those who are not known for this kind of violence

(And btw everyone knows anyway - by common sense)

[bino]

Grenade blasts rattle northern Thai city

BANGKOK, March 22, 2014 (AFP) - A string of grenade blasts shook a northern Thai city popular with foreign tourists, leaving several people wounded in attacks that police said Saturday could be linked to the kingdom's deadly political crisis.

Could be??? Ya think??

[ameadi]

Did you mean Mr Thanks in?

[diehard60]

suthep is sending his further north now?

[alant]

There seems to be a ready supply of arms here, little need to resort to home made devices. Just how does the supply chain continue without investigation?

[diehard60]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

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logic says that those who are known for violence, bomb, gun and grenade attacks and who are talking about war and wardrums are those who did this.

Logic also says, that the more of one of those groups are in that area tha more likely it is they did this.

Not those who are not known for this kind of violence

(And btw everyone knows anyway - by common sense)

This is one of suthep's tactics.

[diehard60]

Red shirt training day no doubt.

It is about the right sort of intellect that you would expect from Jatuporn and his idiots.

If it were near suthep's house i would say yes , but this is not so I have to say it was suthep's thugs.

[Lupatria]

And in a seminar held by one of our famous universities Thai journalists have a chance to learn about the difference between a bomb and a grenade.

[diehard60]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

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There is logic, if you can call it logic, coming from the red leaders heads.

They are trying to create headlines and get sympathy from the Thai people.

They have no morals and they are criminals.

And they will carry on and on...........don't expect the police to identify them.

You must be talking about suthep and his band of thugs who do not have to go and appear in court because they are too busy. They are too busy throwing bombs.

Get the facts right. suthep started ALL OF THIS>

[ianf]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

Edit for Typo

There is logic, if you can call it logic, coming from the red leaders heads.

They are trying to create headlines and get sympathy from the Thai people.

They have no morals and they are criminals.

And they will carry on and on...........don't expect the police to identify them.

Precisely. Anyone who has any knowledge of world political instability and events around that, would see that this is a classic 'come-on' used many times in the past.

[kannot]

Amazes me how easy it is to get grenades...............bowl of somtam luv and a couple of grenades to spice it up a bit, cheers!!

[gabruce]

ptt is a target for suthep's mob in bkk, so possibility, that's why they were chosen as the first to attack. Extremely dangerous, as an explosion of fuel and gas could have killed tens/hundreds of staff, customers and locals

I don't know about PTT, however BoonRawd is Singha Beer and I seem to remember that the Red Shirts are pissed at them (because of the owners daughter being a protestor), so maybe it is political.

[gabruce]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

Edit for Typo

logic says that those who are known for violence, bomb, gun and grenade attacks and who are talking about war and wardrums are those who did this.

Logic also says, that the more of one of those groups are in that area tha more likely it is they did this.

Not those who are not known for this kind of violence

(And btw everyone knows anyway - by common sense)

Rather than supposing that the protestors are bombing themselves it's more likely that since the victims are protestor supporters that extremists from the pro-government side are responsible. At least the police are considering that the bombs are politically motivated.

[tigergrl]

well, luckily i never go to that PTT, as i prefer the Esso Station. ...whoever it is, they should not be trying to hurt innocent people.

[darren84310]

Logic would dictate that these were caused by anti-government supporters in the supposedly "Red Stronghold". However, this is Thailand, where "logic" has no bearing, so who knows?

But living in CM, this is something I've been expecting to happen, so it's not exactly a surprise.

Edit for Typo

There is logic, if you can call it logic, coming from the red leaders heads.

They are trying to create headlines and get sympathy from the Thai people.

They have no morals and they are criminals.

And they will carry on and on...........don't expect the police to identify them.

Speculation!... However, the very same thoughts crossed my mind too, the PTP Reds are trying everything to discredit the Yellows and galvanise their own supporters.

By criticising every court decision (ok, some might be bad decisions, but most are not).

[monkeycountry]

Haha, yesterday the court ruled against the reds, and even their own leader, incl. Jatuporn predicted they would be upset and some of them might turn to violence. The next day a few bombs explode, not in Bangkok where Suthep and his suppoprters are, but in Chiang Mai, a red shirt stronghold, where Suthep has no network or little network and absolutely no motive - or do you think he is upset that the court ruled in his favour? He could have thrown bombs at similar locations in Bangkok, and achieved exactly the same result.

Yet every red shirt supporter here has already decided it must be Suthep ordering the bombing

I am just curious, is there any possible scenario where you red shirt supporters would consider that a bomb could actually be thrown by a red shirt?

Edited March 22, 2014 by monkeycountry