Two homemade bombs explode in front of Siam Paragon

[kkerry]

Clearly martial law needs to stay for a further ten years at least... can't possibly have elections any earlier.. better safe than sorry... 94.23% of people will support this in a poll to be published Wednesday

[Torty]

News reports are still saying it was a transformer - I guess this is a better story for international consumption?

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1422806538

Typical crap reporting from Khao Sod.

If a "high-end mall targeted" was truly being targeted, one would think it might actually be an explosion inside said "high-end mall'

[noitom]

Typical Thai reporting. First they report it was two "transformer" explosions so as to minimize the possibility of fear of terrorism. Then they back track and state to IEDs planted under the BTS walkover to Siam Paragon. Wow, these Thais really know how to create doubt uncertainty and suspicion about their competency.

[The Dancer]

This ain't got nothing to do with the situation in the country. Martial law has brought happiness to people. Even those who were put off at first are fine after getting their attitude adjusted. So that's not it.

I am putting my money on a couple of pissed-off Andy Murray supporters. He got his head handed to him at the Australian Open today which must have caused a lot of English teachers to lose a bundle on bet365. And what better way to blow off steam then toss IEDs at an ATM.

[The Dancer]

Or it could be the same two migrant Burmese who confessed to killing the British couple on Koh Tao. Maybe they broke out of prison, took a bus to Bkk, blew up the mall, broke back into prison without anybody being the wiser.

Stranger things have happened. I would check under their fingernails for gunpowder. Could get lucky,

[Thai at Heart]

"The attacks showed that martial law could not be lifted, said Army Lieutenant General Kampanart Ruddit, who is responsible for the Bangkok area."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/01/us-thailand-bombs-idUSKBN0L51NF20150201

False Flag anyone?

The C.I.A. must have taught them something.

BTW, where is the CCTV footage?

Of course it is. Two piddly little things at emporium with no injuries.

Almost impossible to do yet generates full headlines.

[kannot]

Clearly martial law needs to stay for a further ten years at least... can't possibly have elections any earlier.. better safe than sorry... 94.23% of people will support this in a poll to be published Wednesday

I think they get what they deserve...............and now they have it

[kannot]

Typical Thai reporting. First they report it was two "transformer" explosions so as to minimize the possibility of fear of terrorism. Then they back track and state to IEDs planted under the BTS walkover to Siam Paragon. Wow, these Thais really know how to create doubt uncertainty and suspicion about their competency.

"competency"???

[rabid old goat]

is there no limit to what these people will go to to push their old outdated edifice to ugly commercialism

[Torty]

"The attacks showed that martial law could not be lifted, said Army Lieutenant General Kampanart Ruddit, who is responsible for the Bangkok area."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/01/us-thailand-bombs-idUSKBN0L51NF20150201

False Flag anyone?

The C.I.A. must have taught them something.

BTW, where is the CCTV footage?

Of course it is. Two piddly little things at emporium with no injuries.

Almost impossible to do yet generates full headlines.

Thaivisa's investigator has the crime analyzed.

btw, the explosions were not so small and an injury did occur. Back to some more CSI episodes for you.

[Somtamnication]

Wait till they put two pipe bombs at Nana. All the old men with young things injured will dip the tourism gdp down 90% at least.

[webfact]

Two homemade bombs explode in front of Siam Paragon
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- Two homemade bombs exploded in front of the Siam Paragon shopping mall Sunday night, police said. No one was injured.

The BTS suspended its skytrain services at the Siam Station at 8:10 pm after the two explosions occurred under the sky path linking the mall and the Siam station. The service resumed at 8:38 pm.

Police said the bombs were planned behind a power transformer.

Bomb disposal officers and scientific crime detection officers from both the Pathumwan police station and the Metropolitan Police Division 6 rushed to the scene after the explosions and sealed off the spot for evidence gathering.

Police said the bombs were made of steel pipes.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Two-homemade-bombs-explode-in-front-of-Siam-Parago-30253177.html


-- The Nation 2015-02-02

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

"The attacks showed that martial law could not be lifted, said Army Lieutenant General Kampanart Ruddit, who is responsible for the Bangkok area."
http://www.reuters.c...N0L51NF20150201

And please General let us know why your beloved martial law did not stop these bombs going off?

[chainarong]

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Some people really have nothing better to do!

Well i'd say anybody who did this has plenty to do, although it depends who you support , they never the less proved that you can have Marshall law , restricted media , no free speech, phone intercepts , attitude adjustment , the happiness club and they still get through.

[stickyrice2000]

Put more news about the bombs, so the tourists will flock to the new destination.

[HeijoshinCool]

where is all the high end video surveillance in the area ?

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They disassembled it and reinstalled on Koh Tao.

[Bluespunk]

"As a safety precaution, the skytrain suspended its service at Siam station for 30 minutes after the explosions."

2 explosions and 30 minutes later it's all safe again?

But fast to make that call really.

[pedro01]

Tin foil hats are out in force today.

I don't for a second think this is a false flag.

Hopefully they'll catch the culprits ASAP. This could have hurt a lot of people.

[ExPratt]

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"As a safety precaution, the skytrain suspended its service at Siam station for 30 minutes after the explosions."

2 explosions and 30 minutes later it's all safe again?

But fast to make that call really.

Yep the secondary devices are aimed at killing police and armed forces , so a 30 minute cursory search wouldn't really surfice

[webfact]

Two bomb explosions rock in front of Siam Paragon

BANGKOK: -- Two explosions rocked Siam Paragon shopping centre near the BTS's Siam Square station sending night shoppers to run in panic, and forcing the BTS to suspend service at the station.

Initially the two explosions were thought to be from electric transformers, but after Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) police inspected the scene, they found explosive fragments of home-made bombs and believed the two bombs were planted near the transformers .

Nobody was injured in the explosions which went off at about 8.02 pm Sunday night near the second-floor connected walkway from Siam Paragon to Siam Square station.

Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Lt-Gen Prawuthi Thavornsiri confirmed the explosions were caused by bombs, not by transformers as earlier believed.

Shortly after the explosions, Siam Paragon quietly advised customers to leave as it was going to close two hours ahead of schedule.

Sky train service was suspended half and hour to facilitate EOD police and soldiers to comb the area looking for more evidence, and clear the area of bombs before allowing service to continue Monday morning.

But BTS resumed before 9 pm just only its exit to Siam Paragon from Siam Square station was closed.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/two-bomb-explosions-rock-in-front-of-siam-paragon

-- Thai PBS 2015-02-02

[tartempion]

Put more news about the bombs, so the tourists will flock to the new destination.

Koh Tao? Edited February 1, 2015 by tartempion

[NongKhaiKid]

Typical Thai reporting. First they report it was two "transformer" explosions so as to minimize the possibility of fear of terrorism. Then they back track and state to IEDs planted under the BTS walkover to Siam Paragon. Wow, these Thais really know how to create doubt uncertainty and suspicion about their competency.

A rush into a definitive statement just has to be made then, as usual, has to be corrected.

Nothing wrong with saying the matter is under investigation and a statement will be made when the situation is clearer but the authorities just love to show they are on top of things when nothing could be further from the truth.

[SABloke]

Lets hope this is an isolated incident and does not turn into a daily life otherwise Thailand will really be in big trouble

It's already ''daily life'' for thousands of people on the south:rolleyes:

[Bluespunk]

Typical Thai reporting. First they report it was two "transformer" explosions so as to minimize the possibility of fear of terrorism. Then they back track and state to IEDs planted under the BTS walkover to Siam Paragon. Wow, these Thais really know how to create doubt uncertainty and suspicion about their competency.

Yeah, because Thailand is the only country in the world where initial suspicions are reported, after an event like this, only later to turn out to be wrong.

[Dibbler]

Well that's too bad then. Civil unrest endangering the public. The powers that be will just have to extend martial law another year or two

[brewsterbudgen]

Well that's too bad then. Civil unrest endangering the public. The powers that be will just have to extend martial law another year or two

Convenient, eh?

[AGareth2]

see the US doesn't understand

Martial law is essential!

[StealthEnergiser]

Robert Amsterdam has been doing plenty of stirring up online and is always condemning Prayuth many accusations also , his remarks do not help thailand at all.

[webfact]

No one hurt as small blasts rattle Bangkok mall shoppers
By THANYARAT DOKSONE

BANGKOK (AP) — Two explosions at a transit hub near major downtown shopping malls in the Thai capital on Sunday night were caused by small improvised explosive devices, but no one was hurt and damage was minor, police said.

The explosions occurred about 8 p.m. at the Siam Square station of Bangkok's Skytrain system, which serves several shopping centers including the upmarket Paragon mall.

The incident came at a time of slightly raised political temperatures in Thailand, as the country's ruling junta has tightened its clampdown on critics of its rule.

Police initially said the explosions were caused by a malfunctioning transformer, but National Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Prawut Thawornsiri later said they were caused by devices that were probably not meant to hurt anyone. Service at the station was temporarily suspended, but resumed after about an hour.

"We think the intent of the bombers was not to harm anyone but was rather to cause trouble and to damage the overall mood," Prawut told The Associated Press. "We have not assumed that it was politically motivated but we are pursuing a few motives in our investigation."

There has been little open opposition, and virtually no violent opposition, to the military regime that took over from an elected civilian government after a coup d'etat last May. Martial law, imposed days before the coup, remains in effect under the dual administration of the junta and a military-appointed interim Cabinet, and any dissent is strongly discouraged.

When members of the ousted government last week mildly protested sanctions imposed against their leader, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, they were chastised by the military authorities and called in for meetings known as "attitude adjustment."

Similar mild criticism from a senior visiting U.S State Department official, including a call to lift martial law, also drew umbrage from Thailand's government.

Thailand has a history of conspiratorial politics, and the government is just as likely as its opponents to be considered the perpetrator of the bombings, since they could be seen to justify its repression.

There is also a tradition of so-called "third hands" taking unsavory actions to advice their own agendas. A list of suspects would have to include as well students of vocational schools, notorious for gang violence and the use of small home-made explosive devices. One such school is not far from where Sunday's small blasts took place.

Many, if not most bombings in Bangkok go unsolved, including a series of blasts that killed three people and wounded about two dozen as Thais were celebrating the New Year in 2007.

Political violence in the capital, especially aggressive street demonstrations, became more common after a 2006 coup toppled Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, from the prime minister's job.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-02-02

[MaxLee]

"We think the intent of the bombers was not to harm anyone but was rather to cause trouble and to damage the overall mood," Prawut told The Associated Press. "We have not assumed that it was politically motivated but we are pursuing a few motives in our investigation."

The police really has the guts to save face at situations like that,.... As always....

Edited February 2, 2015 by MaxLee