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Grenade explodes near shopping centre
The grenade blast in the heart of Bangkok early Friday morning was clearly an attempt to discredit the government, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said.
The grenade, which was put in a plastic rubbish bag and dropped on a pile of garbage in front of a house in Rang Nam Road opposite the King Power duty-free shopping centre, went off about 1.30am.
Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai, chief of Metropolitan Police Division 1, said that the pin of the grenade was removed and a rubber band used to hold the trigger handle closed.
The explosion seriously injured a man in his 30s who was scavenging. He has not yet been identified.
Mr Suthep, director of the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation, said the explosion was clearly intended to discredit the government.
"It is deplorable that some people have the intention of causing chaos just to make people believe that the government is not able to keep the situation in control," he said.
Mr Suthep said that in the CRES meeting on Thursday he assigned the Royal Thai Police Office to join force with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, civil defence volunteer units, and military police of the three armed forces to beef up security in the capital after a bomb went off in front of the Big C department store on Ratchadamri road on July 25.
The deputy prime minister in charge of security affairs said he was not satisfied with the work of intelligence agencies and that he raised this with Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon at the CRES meeting.
He said Bangkok and nearby provinces are still vulnerable to violence. This was why the government has to keep the emergency decree in force in these provinces.
Bangkok and nine other provinces are still under the state of emergency. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday signed an order to lift the emergency decree in six other provinces.
Meanwhile, Gen Prawit called an urgent meeting of security and intelligence units to discuss the overall situation following the bombing in Soi Rang Nam this morning, reports said.
“The meeting is for discussion and assessment of the current situation. I want to know what each of the security and intelligence units is doing or responsible for, and how they can effectively maintain peace and order.
“I want to assure the Thai people that the government is capable of keeping the situation under control,” Gen Prawit said.
The defence minister said the intelligence agences were all doing their jobs well. There was no need for big changes.
Asked about the Soi Rang Nam bombing, Gen Prawit admitted that he was concerned the situation would escalate. He affirmed that the government is not at ease and will put all its efforts into ensuring national security.
Asked who are behind the bomb attacks in the capital, the minister admitted he had no idea, but he felt there are some people who do not want the country to be at peace. He did not know whether the bomb attacks are politically motivated.
This photo shows bomb squad investigating bombing scene on Friday morning.
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Big-Viking skrev:
Nu tager jeg afsted på Torsdag og jeg elsker spænding.. Så det teher jeg roligt..
Jo jo bevares mine rejser må også gerne indeholde momenter af spænding og udfordringer, men jeg vil også gerne være i live, til at kunne fortælle om det, når jeg kommer hjem.
sørgeligt men det sker over alt i verden efterhånden
Så det teher jeg roligt..
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