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Bangkok Bomb Blast 17 August 2015.
Is #Phuket a #terrorist target?
South Thailand: Muslim Insurgency
You can expect more bombs to go off in South Thailand! And shootings…
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14 August 2016
PDRM receive mobile phone fragment from Thailand authorities Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/08/165370/pdrm-receive-mobile-phone-fragment-thailand-
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PDRM receives mobile phone fragment from Thai authorities https://shar.es/1ZByz9 via @sharethis
IGP Khalid Abu Bakar says the fragment of the mobile phone had the MCMC’s serial number on it.
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In a Bernama report yesterday, Thailand’s security forces said they were seeking Malaysia’s cooperation to identify the origin of the mobile phone following the presence of the MCMC’s serial number on it.
The fragment was an important piece of evidence in the investigations to identify and track down the perpetrators responsible for the bomb blast, said the source.
Mobile phones were used to activate or detonate homemade improvised explosive devices (IED) in a series of bomb blasts which rocked Thailand’s southern provinces.
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13 August 2016
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Who could have been responsible for this week’s coordinated bombings in Thailand? http://bit.ly/2aPbz75
BANGKOK — In the aftermath of a coordinated wave of bombings that shook tourist towns in Thailand this week, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s military government is scrambling to hunt down those responsible. The 11 explosions killed four people and injured dozens, including 11 foreign tourists.
The big questions now are, who did it, and why?
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A look at groups the government is likely investigating in the latest violence, or has ruled out:
FOREIGN MILITANTS
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POLITICAL OPPONENTS
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STUDENT AND CIVIL ACTIVISTS
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SOUTHERN INSURGENTS
Ethnic Malay militants fighting for greater autonomy in Thailand’s far south have launched attacks there nearly every day for a more than a decade. Analysts say they are the only factions that have successfully staged sophisticated, coordinated assaults with improvised, remote-controlled explosive devices. Although their targets have overwhelmingly been confined to Thailand’s three southernmost provinces, the militants have apparently carried out isolated attacks elsewhere — detonating, for example, a car bomb in the underground parking lot of a mall on the tourist island of Koh Samui in April 2015 that wounded at least seven people.
Thai police have not singled the militants out yet, but police spokesman Colonel Krisana Patanacharoen said on Friday (Aug 12) that the latest bombings followed “a similar pattern used in the southern parts of the country”.
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THE MILITARY ITSELF
Conspiracy theories are part and parcel of whodunits in Thailand, and a few have speculated the army or a faction within it might have planted the bombs as part of an internal dispute or a bid to justify military rule by showing threats remain….
http://www.todayonline.com/world/thai-bombings-look-who-may-have-been-responsible
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theSundaily: Thai authorities hunt tourist town bombers
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HUA HIN, Thailand: Thai authorities on Saturday hunted for culprits behind a wave of bombings targeting popular holiday destinations, as businesses braced for the economic fallout from the attacks on the crucial tourism industry.
The kingdom was on edge after 11 small bombs exploded across five southern provinces Thursday night and Friday morning, killing four locals and wounding more than 30 people – including foreign tourists.
The bombs, most of them detonated in twin blasts, struck key tourism hubs during a long weekend, including the seaside resort town of Hua Hin and the island of Phuket.
No one has claimed responsibility for the coordinated attack, but police have ruled out international terrorism and said the campaign was an act of “local sabotage”.
“We are confident this was work of a network with a mastermind,” said deputy police commissioner Ponsapat Pongcharoen, adding that no arrests had been made.
“It’s still unclear what the motive is,” he said, stressing it was not connected to a simmering insurgency in Thailand’s south, as analysts have suggested.
If the Muslim rebels are to blame, it would mark a major expansion of a secessionist campaign that rarely targets foreigners.
It would also be a huge embarrassment to Thailand’s coup-installed military government, which has made boosting national security a flagship policy of its regime.
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PRIMysterious bomb attacks just ripped through Thai tourist spots. Here are six key takeaways. http://s.pri.org/8i4PTXr
Mysterious bomb attacks just ripped through Thai tourist spots. Here are six key takeaways.
Jose Reyes Thailand Bomb Blasts Hit Tourist Spots, Killing at Least Four People
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