Thai police chief suspects bomb and arson attacks are politically connected

[Wilsonandson]

WHO DID IT?

 

Who are the likely suspects behind Phuket and Hua Hin bomb attacks?

 

Thai police have been sent scrambling to identify who was behind the deadly bombing spree that rocked the country.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, with speculation over the possible groups and their motives growing.

 

-Bangkok bombers
The attack took place almost a year to the day of the bombing of the Erawan Shrine and no group claimed responsibility since. The bombing killed more than 20 and injured more than 100 people. The method of the 2015 attack, which used a bomb left in a backpack and was detonated by a mobile phone, was similar to that of the recent bombings which saw the bombs left in plants lining the main street.
Police have since charged two ethnic Uighur Chinese men over the attack with both men pleading not guilty.

 

-Anti-government movement
Junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha only this week took responsibility for bringing stability back to the country. But reports have surfaced that the attacks might have been done to embarrass the military government. The attack also took place on the birthday of Thai Queen Sirikit, with the attacks possibly motivated to protest those in power.

 

-Red-shirts
The supporters of ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, mostly made up of rural poor and left-wing activists and students, have previously been involved in street battles against the military almost 10 years ago. The group has been involved in street protests in recent years, agitating against the junta.

 

-ISIS
Authorities have tried to stem fears that the bombings were planned by international terrorists but concerns groups like ISIS were slowly growing in southeast Asia were flagged only this week. Countries were warned ISIS would be able to conduct dangerous terrorist attacks with little resources and the support of only a few individuals.

 

Quoted from the Sun newspaper.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1600519/thailand-terrorists-used-mobile-phone-bombs-hidden-in-plant-pots-to-kill-four-and-cause-maximum-damage-during-three-pronged-attack/

 

Be warned the linked article contains graphic images.

[Siripon]

3 hours ago, Winniedapu said:

 

I'm a great believer in Napoleon's adage "never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by incompetence". One of the shrewdest observations ever made. But to be honest, I think Mr Prayuth is not just outstandingly incompetent, simple stupidity doesn't go any where near far enough, it's all gone well beyond mere incompetence.

 

This is now deliberate malice, and there is always a price to be paid.

 

Winnie

Prayuth was cleverer than Pheua Thai and the Democrats put together when he persuaded them to meet in the same room to discuss the impasse in May 2014. 

[Wilsonandson]

Minutes into the fire burning in the tourist area of Khao Lak .

 

Edited August 13, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Wilsonandson]

 

Sketch of Phuket bomb suspect released amidst heightened surveillance orders

http://www.thephuketnews.com/sketch-of-phuket-bomb-suspect-released-amidst-heightened-surveillance-orders-58674.php#q5JikLJG6sm7L2us.99

[Wilsonandson]

http://www.therakyatpost.com/?p=274024

Malaysian cellphone used in Phuket bomb explosion.

[heybruce]

2 hours ago, Siripon said:

Prayuth was cleverer than Pheua Thai and the Democrats put together when he persuaded them to meet in the same room to discuss the impasse in May 2014. 

Clever?  Seriously?

 

Do you think it takes a clever man to detain two easy to locate people when you have an army helping you?

 

Do you have a more convincing example of cleverness?

[digibum]

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Thai police chief suspects bomb and arson attacks are politically connected

 

 

TVF member suspects Thai police chief is Captain Obvious.  

[Wilsonandson]

Phone that triggered Thai bomb 'linked to Malaysia'

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/phone-that-triggered-thai-bomb-linked-to-malaysia

 

"Police in region eight have said they might have good news in the next one or two days," deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen said yesterday. Region eight refers to the police division overseeing some southern provinces.

[Wilsonandson]

Thai security forces are seeking Malaysia's cooperation in investigating a series of bombings in several southern provinces between Thursday and Friday, killing four people and injuring 35.

According to security sources, Thailand sought Malaysia's cooperation to investigate a mobile phone used in one of the bomb blasts in Phuket, which is said to have originated from Malaysia.

 

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Wilsonandson]

 

 

 

This is the bomb blast that the mobile phone part was found.

 

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Winniedapu]

18 hours ago, Siripon said:

Prayuth was cleverer than Pheua Thai and the Democrats put together when he persuaded them to meet in the same room to discuss the impasse in May 2014. 

Hmmm

Well Prayuth is on record as saying he xdid not plan a coup (that would be treason), but that he only decided to execute a coup (still treason), after the Caretaker PM refused to resign with his cabinet,

 

Ooh. You appear to be 100% wrong then.

 

Winnie

[Wilsonandson]

Another piece of the phone found at the bomb blast.

Somboon Kaikaew, 41, a Patong motorcycle taxi driver, suffered an injury to his right arm on Friday morning, when an explosion occurred at the traffic signal control box near the junction of Bangla Road and the beach road in Phuket’s premier tourist town.

Read more at http://www.thephuketnews.com/sketch-of-phuket-bomb-suspect-released-amidst-heightened-surveillance-orders-58674.php#hVO0gUIlWl0ArFkD.99

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Wilsonandson]

Meanwhile, a security guard working for Patong’s China Town Plaza (Sai Nam Yen Plaza) commented on finding one of the suspicious items that caused an initial bomb scare on August 10, days before an actual bomb was detonated, injuring one motorbike taxi driver.

Mr Kamthon Kedkaeo, a native of Krabi, explained that at about 6.40pm on August 10 he became suspicious when two male suspects abandoned a clear bag containing a strange device inside.

Mr Kamthon explained that he became suspicious when the two suspects had entered a clothing shop to purchase clothes and shortly after finishing their purchase, returned to abandon the bag before leaving again.

 

Read more at http://www.thephuketnews.com/patong-biz-boss-offers-b100-000-reward-for-bomb-suspect-arrest-leads-58676.php#wAZbd3kuBhfW8Ptc.99

Edited August 14, 2016 by metisdead
Edited as per fair use policy.

[Wilsonandson]

***BREAKING***

 

New ‘Strange contraption’ found at Patong souvenir market, EOD unit confirms ‘undetonated bomb’

PHUKET: An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) bomb detection unit has confirmed that a“strange contraption” discovered at a busy clothes and souvenir market in central Patong midday on Sunday (August 14) was indeed a bomb that failed to detonate.

Read more at http://www.thephuketnews.com/new-strange-contraption-found-at-patong-souvenir-market-eod-unit-confirms-undetonated-bomb-58677.php#TRR4ffmfP2WVq1ai.99

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Wilsonandson]

“Two more bombs found in Phuket Sunday”

phuketrichard1999 · 1,751 forum posts

Phuket, Thailand

Aug 14, 2016, 5:11 AM

on that was declared and exploded bomb set to go off last friday early morn

"At 12:10pm on Sunday, an unnamed “good samaritan” noticed a strange clear bag hanging from a rail inside shop number nine of the Paradise Plaza night market on Rat-uthit 200 Pi Rd in central Patong.

Read more at thephuketnews.com/…ZmD9rU4dFiBMR2DL.99

and another found in Patong.

"Meanwhile, another contraption that resembles a pipe bomb was discovered this afternoon near Patong beach, in the area across from Banana Walk.

An EOD unit is currently inspecting the device as pedestrians have been evacuated beyond a 200-metre radius. "

It for sure is terrorism , as that's what its all about, What is not known is who is doing it.

 

Taken from TripAdvisor Forum page.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293920-i5037-k9779102-Two_more_bombs_found_in_Phuket_Sunday-Phuket.html

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Wilsonandson]

'Suspect pipe bomb' buried in sand nothing more than a 'hole and lump' on Patong Beach sand: EOD

PHUKET: An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit was unable to find a 'pipe-bomb' looking contraption reported to be buried in the sand on Patong Beach this afternoon.

Read more at http://www.thephuketnews.com/suspect-pipe-bomb-buried-in-sand-nothing-more-than-a-hole-and-lump-on-patong-beach-sand-eod-58678.php#mEHgk8UmD1AYgqVw.99

[Wilsonandson]

My screenshot of bomb found in a clothes market in Patong, Phuket this morning. Taken from a photo published by this website:-

http://www.thephuketnews.com/new-strange-contraption-found-at-patong-souvenir-market-eod-unit-confirms-undetonated-bomb-58677.php#TRR4ffmfP2WVq1ai.99

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Wilsonandson]

Some photos I found on Thai media sites:-

 

 

[atyclb]

On 8/13/2016 at 2:10 PM, heybruce said:

The Thai people.

 

your on the right track. what group has lost significant benefits-income because the military now controls turf previously controlled by them

 

 

hint; the united nations called an entity the biggest organized crime group within society

[Wilsonandson]

***BREAKING NEWS****

Two incendiary devices in mobile telephone power packs were found in a market in the upscale resort of Hua Hin on Sunday, the interior ministry said in a statement. A bomb disposal team defused both, and local police said the devices had been there since Wednesday.

......

In Phang Nga, two devices were found on Saturday near a market that was torched in an attack early on Friday.

 

http://www.srnnews.com/thai-police-find-more-unexploded-bombs-following-coordinated-blasts/

[Pimay1]

3 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said:

A bomb disposal team defused both, and local police said the devices had been there since Wednesday.

If they were found today how do they know the bombs were there since Wednesday?

[cumgranosalum]

maybe if they spent less time putting swags and ruches on their tables and more time doing serious science-based investigations?

[Siripon]

2 hours ago, Winniedapu said:

Hmmm

Well Prayuth is on record as saying he xdid not plan a coup (that would be treason), but that he only decided to execute a coup (still treason), after the Caretaker PM refused to resign with his cabinet,

 

Ooh. You appear to be 100% wrong then.

 

Winnie

Come on Winnie, don't pretend to be naive, you know better than to believe what every official says on record. I doubt very much Pheua Thai would have entered the room that day in May if they knew they wouldn't be leaving it as free men. The Democrats seemed to have had more idea,. Which one was it who turned round  to his colleague when Prayuth announced the coup  and said, 'I told you so.' only to be told to shut up!

Prayuth fooled them all that day.

[Wilsonandson]

Paradise Plaza today in Patong, Phuket as police find a EOD that was set to detinate on Friday but didn't.

 

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Jim walker]

So definitely not the red shirts so that only leaves the yellow shirt terror group 

[cumgranosalum]

who do you think looks more likely to catch a criminal?

 

 

 

[cumgranosalum]

3 minutes ago, Jim walker said:

So definitely not the red shirts so that only leaves the yellow shirt terror group 

...and you think that is a thorough summation of the political opposition scene in Thailand?

[Wilsonandson]

An EOD similar to the Patong EOD was found also today at Chat Chai market in Hua Hin.

 

Edited August 14, 2016 by Wilsonandson

[Winniedapu]

40 minutes ago, Siripon said:

Come on Winnie, don't pretend to be naive, you know better than to believe what every official says on record. I doubt very much Pheua Thai would have entered the room that day in May if they knew they wouldn't be leaving it as free men. The Democrats seemed to have had more idea,. Which one was it who turned round  to his colleague when Prayuth announced the coup  and said, 'I told you so.' only to be told to shut up!

Prayuth fooled them all that day.

 

Doesn't change the fact, which is perfectly obvious to all, that Prayuth and his band planned a heinous crime; probably the most serious non-murder crime on the statute books, and then tried to pretent he didn't. Fortunately, the big mouth of Suthep almost immediately gave the lie to Prayuth. He lied to the Thai people within 24 hours of executing a coup, and has never stopped lying since.

 

Come the day...

 

Winnie

 

[thailandsgreat]

I could be wrong about this and maybe overly cynical.

But when I read about the police "saving the people and preventing further disaster" by disarming other bombs, I just don't feel sure it is correct.

If the authorities just claim to have located and disarmed more bombs, at least they seem to have done something useful. (So far they haven't done anything, except claiming they know who did it.) OK, there are photos, but are these unexploded bombs real, planted by terrorists?

I don't remember details, but the same bell rang for some "good police work" after the Erawan bombing.

Was the finder of the undischarged bombs anonymous? OK, I admit I haven't read all about it.

Disarming the bombs definitely jacks up a possible reward for the police.

 

Edited August 14, 2016 by thailandsgreat