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| Tourist towns of Phuket and Hua Hin in Thailand hit by deadly explosions |
| 2016-08-12 |
| [Guardian] A series of apparently coordinated blasts detonated across Thailand has killed at least four people and injured dozens, including in the tourism hotspots of Hua Hin and Phuket. The attacks took place late on Thursday and into Friday morning with Thai police being put on alert for further explosive devices. The bombings have not been claimed by any group yet but Thai authorities were quick to blame "local sabotage" and rule out Islamist terrorism. "This is not a terrorist attack. It is just local sabotage that is restricted to limited areas and provinces," national police deputy spokesman Piyapan Pingmuang told reporters in Bangkok. A Thai street vendor in Hua Hin was killed and at least 19 people were wounded, including seven foreigners, when two bombs hidden in plant pots exploded just before midnight on Thursday in a busy bar street. Emphasis added para 3. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 So who is funding this? Does it go back to Saudis? Or others. Follow the money. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-08-12 14:50 |
| #2 According to The Times of Israel, outside experts are pointing to the southern Muslim Malay insurgency, which technically makes this domestic rather than international. Here's how they summarize explosions thus far: Twin bombs exploded in the upscale resort of Hua Hin late Thursday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 others, including nine foreign tourists, and were followed by two more on Friday morning that killed another person. A further two blasts struck Friday at Patong Beach on the popular tourist island of Phuket, while two more bombs were reported in the southern towns of Trang and Surat Thani, in each of which one person was killed. ... analysts tentatively pointed the finger at Muslim insurgent groups in the south who have for years been fighting the Thai state. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-12 11:59 |
| #1 clearly the work of the Amish Liberation Group |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2016-08-12 10:40 |