THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 23 May 2017

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Suicide bomber suspected in Manchester blast - two U.S. officials

 

A police van and an ambulance are seen outside the Manchester Arena. REUTERS/Jon Super

 

Initial signs point to a suicide bomber as the cause of a blast at a music venue in Manchester, England, that killed 19 people and injured 50, two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984421-british-police-says-responding-to-serious-incident-at-manchester-arena/?do=findComment&comment=11913524

 

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May to suspend election campaigning after Manchester blast - Sky

 

Armed police officers stand near the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

(REUTERS) British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives will suspend campaigning for a national election on June 8 after at least 19 people died in Manchester in what police believe was a terrorist attack, broadcaster Sky News reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984421-british-police-says-responding-to-serious-incident-at-manchester-arena/?do=findComment&comment=11913547

 

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Flower vase linked to Army hospital explosion

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- An unidentified bomber attached a green vase with artificial flowers to a wall in the reception room of Phramongkutklao Hospital before a homemade bomb exploded there on Monday, a police source said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984451-flower-vase-linked-to-army-hospital-explosion/

 

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Prawit taking medicine but should attend Cabinet meeting, says his adviser

By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

Panitan Wattanayagorn, Prawit’s adviser on security affairs

 

BANGKOK: -- An adviser to Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has said that the 71-year-old retired general will likely attend the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, despite rumors of him being unwell.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984452-prawit-taking-medicine-but-should-attend-cabinet-meeting-says-his-adviser/

 

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Motorcyclist killed, two badly injured after pickup ploughs into suspected racers

By The Nation

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- One motorcyclist was killed and two others severely injured when a pickup truck crashed into a group of 20 suspected road racers in Ayutthaya province early Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984455-motorcyclist-killed-two-badly-injured-after-pickup-ploughs-into-suspected-racers/

 

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SET opens up 3.87 to 1,561.60 /Bangkok Post

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Phramongkutklao Hospital bombing: security tightened around Suvarnabhumi Airport

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police and troops have stepped up security on roads around Suvarnabhumi Airport following the bomb attack inside Phramongkutklao Hospital on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984457-phramongkutklao-hospital-bombing-security-tightened-around-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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Hospital bombing: NCPO meets to discuss response

By The Nation

 

Troops deploy a bomb sniffing dog inside the Government House compound Tuesday.

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Tuesday held a meeting to discuss Monday’s bombing at Phramongkutklao Hospital which caused at least 25 injuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984458-hospital-bombing-ncpo-meets-to-discuss-response/

 

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At least 19 killed in suspected attack at Ariana Grande concert in British arena

By Jon Super

REUTERS

 

Vehicles are seen near a police cordon outside the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion at the end of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday and two U.S. officials said a suicide bomber was suspected.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984421-british-police-says-responding-to-serious-incident-at-manchester-arena/?do=findComment&comment=11913793

 

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Thai/British actress and cop killer sobs as 20,000 baht bail posted

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai/British actress Anna Rees, who killed a cop in 2015, has been released on 20,000 baht bail after her latest bad behavior.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984463-thaibritish-actress-and-cop-killer-sobs-as-20000-baht-bail-posted/

 

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Manchester terrorist attack: uncertainty surrounds Grande’s planned Bangkok concert

By The Nation

 

File Photo

 

BANGKOK: -- There is no word yet on whether American teen idol Ariana Grande’s concert in Bangkok in August will go ahead after the singer’s concert in Manchester, England was rocked by a deadly explosion on Tuesday (Thailand time).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984465-manchester-terrorist-attack-uncertainty-surrounds-grande’s-planned-bangkok-concert/

 

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Thai Embassy is checking if Thais are among the Manchester bomb attack

 

 

BANGKOK/MANCHESTER: -- Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said this morning that he has not yet been officially informed by the Thai Embassy in the United Kingdom if any Thais were injured in the bomb attack at a concert in Manchester.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984421-british-police-says-responding-to-serious-incident-at-manchester-arena/?do=findComment&comment=11913892

 

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Just a small "chassis" but beautiful female mechanic wowing the boys in Korat!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: -- A beautiful female mechanic in Korat has swapped an office life with AIS for the grease and machinery of a downtown car workshop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984467-just-a-small-chassis-but-beautiful-female-mechanic-wowing-the-boys-in-korat/

 

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Far fewer Brits coming to Thailand - but they are behaving much worse

 

File Photo

 

BANGKOK: -- Figures revealed by the British government show a huge drop of visitors to Thailand in recent years but a massive rise in arrests especially for drugs.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984474-far-fewer-brits-coming-to-thailand-but-they-are-behaving-much-worse/

 

 

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Region 5 chief says "upskirt" cases will go to court after latest Chiang Mai arrest

Picture: Sanook

 

CHIANG MAI: -- The chief of the Region 5 police has ordered that cases where men film up the skirt of females must now go to court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984475-region-5-chief-says-upskirt-cases-will-go-to-court-after-latest chiang-mai-arrest/

 

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Elderly man blocks wrong convoy - thought it was for PM

By The Nation

 

Security is tightened inside the Government House compound Tuesday.

 

BANGKOK: -- An elderly man threw himself in front of a vehicle convoy for Pol General Adul Saengsingkaew, the Social Development and Human Security minister, at the Government House gate on Tuesday morning, after he thought it was a convoy for Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984477-elderly-man-blocks-wrong-convoy-thought-it-was-for-pm-prayut/

 

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Investigation underway after student found dead in front of Nonthaburi department store

 

Source: Sanook

 

NONTHABURI: -- Police are investigating the death of a 19 year old second year engineering student found dead in a pool of blood outside a department store in Bang Krasor sub-district of Nonthaburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984342-student-19-falls-to-death-from-mall-in-nonthaburi/?do=findComment&comment=11914146

 

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Pheu Thai condemns hospital bombing
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Pheu Thai Party on Tuesday issued a statement condemning the bomb attack at Phramongkutklao Hospital as an inhumane act.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984481-pheu-thai-condemns-hospital-bombing/

 

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Thailand reassures foreigners following Bangkok hospital attack

 

Thai military personnel check the bags of visitors at an entrance of the Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign ministry on Tuesday reassured the international community that the country would increase security at sensitive locations a day after a bomb exploded at a hospital in the capital Bangkok wounding 24 people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984485- thailand-reassures-foreigners-following-bangkok-hospital-attack/

 

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At least 19 killed in suspected suicide attack at concert in British arena

By Jon Super

REUTERS

 

Armed police officers stand next to a police cordon outside the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed and 59 wounded in an explosion at the end of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday, in what two U.S. officials said was a suspected suicide bombing.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984421-british-police-says-responding-to-serious-incident-at-manchester-arena/?do=findComment&comment=11914263

 

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Islamic State supporters celebrate Manchester attack online, no official claim

REUTERS
 

(REUTERS) Islamic State supporters celebrated on social media on Tuesday after a blast at a concert venue in the north of England killed at least 19 people, although the militant Islamist group has not formally claimed responsibility.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984488-islamic-state-supporters-celebrate-manchester-attack-online-no-official-claim/

 

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Alleged murderers injured in car crash after shooting teen

Phuket Gazette 

 

The car was seriously damaged and all five people were injured and stuck inside. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

KRABI: -- Five suspects were injured in a car crash in Krabi last night after fleeing a murder scene in which a teenager was killed and another injured.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984498-alleged-murderers-injured-in-krabi-car-crash-after-shooting-teen/

 

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Pattaya is becoming haven for online crimes

 

 

PATTAYA: -- Foreign criminal gangs are now using Pattaya as haven for their online crimes to cheat their country men, or for online gambling, according to the Chonburi Transnational Crime Coordination Centre.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984500-foreign-criminal-gangs-are-using-pattaya-as-haven-for-online-crimes/

 

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London police close Victoria Coach Station after finding suspect package

REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police closed London's Victoria Coach Station and the surrounding streets on Tuesday, the BBC reported, after finding a suspect package.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984502-london-police-close-victoria-coach-station-after-finding-suspect-package/

 

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Two men publicly caned in Indonesia for having gay sex

By Beawiharta

 

An Indonesian man is publicly caned for having gay sex, in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta

 

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Religious police in Indonesia caned two men for gay sex on Tuesday, with hooded men inflicting 82 lashes on each of them as hundreds of people watched the punishment ordered by an Islamic court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984508-two-men-publicly-caned-in-indonesia-for-having-gay-sex/

 

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British police say 22, including children, killed in suicide attack at concert

REUTERS

 

Forensic police search the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - British police said 22 people including some children were killed in a suicide attack carried out by one man after a Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984510-british-police-say-22-including-children-killed-in-suicide-attack-at-concert/

 

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Trump travels to Bethlehem for talks with Palestinian president

By Jeff Mason

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade crosses through an Israeli checkpoint as he arrives at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

 

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump travelled in a high-security convoy to Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday to discuss Middle East peace with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984511-trump-travels-to-bethlehem-for-talks-with-palestinian-president/

 

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Hospital bombing: Democrats label attack ‘outrageous and inhumane’

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Democrat Party issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing the bombing at Phramongkutklao Hospital and urging the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to quickly restore confidence in society by ensuring all measures are taken in a bid to prevent future terror attacks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984512-phramongkutklao-hospital-bombing-democrats-label-attack-‘outrageous-and-inhumane’/

 

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Factbox: What do we know about the attack at Ariana Grande concert in Britain?

REUTERS

 

Vehicles are seen near a police cordon outside the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - At least 22 people, including children, were killed and 59 wounded by a suicide bomber as thousands of fans streamed out of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984513-factbox-what-do-we-know-about-the-attack-at-ariana-grande-concert-in-britain/

 

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Hospital blast investigation moving ‘slow but sure’, says Sanit

By The Nation

 

Metropolitan police commissioner Pol Lt General Sanit Mahatavorn

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are doing their best to gather evidence and information to catch the people behind the bomb attack at Phramongkutklao Hospital, Metropolitan police commissioner Pol Lt General Sanit Mahatavorn said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984515-phramongkutklao-hospital-blast-investigation-moving-‘slow-but-sure’-says-sanit/