Police said on Saturday (Apr 11) that car bomb on a
resort Island of Samui(Thailand) has wounded seven people,
including one Italian girl, The bomb placed inside a Mazda pick-up truck with false
plates, was detonated remotely by mobile phone late on Friday( 22.30pm) in the underground car
park of the Central Festival mall.
Police said the car had been stolen on Mar 31, 2015 from Yaha district, Yala province, one of Thailand's three southernmost Muslim-majority provinces that have been scorched by a more than 10 years armed struggle in which more than 6,500 people have been killed and ten of thousand injured.
Thai national police spokesman Lieutenant General Prawut Thavornsiri said that It's a car bomb but we cannot confirm what type of explosive materials they used, the bomb was hidden in Mazda pick-up truck stolen from Yala province without specifying whether the blast was believed to be linked to the conflict hundreds of kilometres away further south but the bomb could negatively impact tourists destination.
Colonel Banphot Phunphien, spokesman for the military's Internal Security Operation Command said that there had been no confirmation to suggest the rebels were planning to expand their sphere of operations but it's possible that insurgents with bomb-making skills were hired to make an attack. The government has blamed anti-coup groups for a series of small bomb attacks in Bangkok this year, using them to justify the imposition of martial law and the arrest of political leaders and activists. Government critics have suggested that some of the bombings may have been carried out by the military government to justify its continued suppression of basic rights and liberties but the government denies such allegation.
Police said the car had been stolen on Mar 31, 2015 from Yaha district, Yala province, one of Thailand's three southernmost Muslim-majority provinces that have been scorched by a more than 10 years armed struggle in which more than 6,500 people have been killed and ten of thousand injured.
Thai national police spokesman Lieutenant General Prawut Thavornsiri said that It's a car bomb but we cannot confirm what type of explosive materials they used, the bomb was hidden in Mazda pick-up truck stolen from Yala province without specifying whether the blast was believed to be linked to the conflict hundreds of kilometres away further south but the bomb could negatively impact tourists destination.
Colonel Banphot Phunphien, spokesman for the military's Internal Security Operation Command said that there had been no confirmation to suggest the rebels were planning to expand their sphere of operations but it's possible that insurgents with bomb-making skills were hired to make an attack. The government has blamed anti-coup groups for a series of small bomb attacks in Bangkok this year, using them to justify the imposition of martial law and the arrest of political leaders and activists. Government critics have suggested that some of the bombings may have been carried out by the military government to justify its continued suppression of basic rights and liberties but the government denies such allegation.
Experts say that if any link to the unrest in the south is
established, it would be an unexpected development. because the insurgents, who
are seeking independence of Patani state, have not launched an attacks in
Thailand's better-known tourist areas outside of the south but the blasts have occasionally struck Hat Yai,
the main commercial city in the southern part of the country. Recently the Thai
military government says it is trying to reboot peace talks with Patani Muslim liberation groups but yet no date for the talks has been
announced.
Meanwhile Bomb squad experts(EOD) said that the same kind of bombs had been placed in district of Haat Yai, district of Sadao, Songkhla province( 2013) and in Phuket province(2013) believed that operated by Patani Independence fighters.
On April 14, 2015 Major General Kongcheep Tantrawanich, speaker of Defence ministry concluded that the aim of this blast is 1) political interest 2) business interest and 3) the expand of sphere of influence of Patani or southern conflicts while the experts believed that after the blast the junta likely to claim legitimacy to operate section 44 dictator law all over the country despite harsh criticism.
Meanwhile Bomb squad experts(EOD) said that the same kind of bombs had been placed in district of Haat Yai, district of Sadao, Songkhla province( 2013) and in Phuket province(2013) believed that operated by Patani Independence fighters.
On April 14, 2015 Major General Kongcheep Tantrawanich, speaker of Defence ministry concluded that the aim of this blast is 1) political interest 2) business interest and 3) the expand of sphere of influence of Patani or southern conflicts while the experts believed that after the blast the junta likely to claim legitimacy to operate section 44 dictator law all over the country despite harsh criticism.
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