Police link bombing to 2007, 2010 blasts in Bangkok

[webfact]

Police link bombing to 2007, 2010 blasts
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE SMALL EXPLOSION on Bangkok’s Ratchadamneon Klang Road on Wednesday night was likely an attack based on old tactics similar to those used in the 2007 and 2010 blasts in Bangkok, deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said yesterday.

 

Srivara also said a police review of CCTV recordings showed that a man had planted the bomb hours before the explosion, which led to two bystanders suffering minor injuries. 

 

He said the small blast, which took place at 8pm inside a garbage bin in front of the old Government Lottery office, was aimed at creating chaos and panic in society rather than killing anyone because the blast radius was only one to two metres. 

 

“Police officers are investigating the evidence. The bomb seems to have been assembled in a similar manner, so it is suspected the same old group did this,” he added.

 

Meanwhile, city police chief Pol Lt-General Sanit Mahathavorn expressed confidence that the culprits behind the explosion would be brought to justice soon. Following an urgent one-hour meeting at the Chanasongkram Police Station yesterday morning, Sanit said a police review of CCTV recordings in the area had been “useful” but declined to elaborate. 

 

He also instructed police investigators to gather evidence and report back to him on this afternoon. 

 

Sanit also urged members of public not to jump to conclusions or link the incident to politics pending the police investigation. 

 

Sanit said he also instructed city precincts to boost security measures as a precaution. 

 

He inspected the explosion scene again and expressed his opinion that the fragments found were similar to those found after a 2007 blast that damaged telephone booths in front of Major Cineplex Ratchayothin. No one was injured in that attack. 

 

Police said they suspected the explosion was from a low-pressure pipe bomb and was aimed at creating chaos. 

 

Earlier in the morning, police forensic officers along with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team collected evidence at the scene, including metal pieces and an electrical circuit panel.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30311543

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-07

[Wilsonandson]

So who is it Ko Tee or the boogie man?

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[Nigeone]

Pure speculation !! Nothing more nothing less ..they might as well say it's the man in the moon as they have no idea ..and it's certainly far too early for forensics to say anything .. oh well another story to keep us entertained..happy no one appeared to be seriously injured ..That bit they got right !! 

[Sphere]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He also instructed police investigators to gather evidence....

 

This is the kind of decisive leadership that every nations police force needs. 

 

[Prbkk]

 

[darksidedog]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The bomb seems to have been assembled in a similar manner, so it is suspected the same old group did this,” he added.

How can they make such a statement, without any detailed forensic evidence?

Were they identical and the chemical composition of the explosive also identical, they might be OK to make that statement.

 

[whatawonderfulday]

Just now, darksidedog said:

How can they make such a statement, without any detailed forensic evidence?

Were they identical and the chemical composition of the explosive also identical, they might be OK to make that statement.

 

Apparently their biggest clue was that  it had one major thing which makes it directly linked to the others all those years ago:-

 

It went boom !!!!

[outsider]

Oh dear, the stupidity of the brown clowns continue unabated.

 

Just yesterday, BKK Chief Clown Chaktip said and I quote: "It's not an act of terrorism or an act to stir unrest."

 

Now the Deputy National Chief Clown says it's likely "an attack... aimed at creating chaos and panic in society..."

 

It boggles the mind how these idiots are so really, truly and undeniably immune to feeling stupid.

[Cracker2000]

On 4/7/2017 at 1:58 AM, Prbkk said:

 

I love this clip, I was just thinking of the scene as I as scrolling down the comments and there it is!