By Agencies and published by CNA PARIS: Airlines across Europe received a series of bomb threats this morning (Nov. 5) for the second time this week, forcing many to make unplanned or escorted landings, although none of the threats immediately proved to be genuine. While no country has attributed blame for the threats, they
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Probe shows southern car bomb packed with two IEDs
FORENSIC investigation of a car bomb explosion at Far South Narathiwat province’s old Tanyong police station at 7.20 p.m. last night (July 21) shows the sedan was rigged with two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with fake licence plates attached, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit of the Special Operations Division
Read morePanic as Myanmar junta bomb hits Thai territory
AS MYANMAR military mounted airstrikes at Karen National Union (KNU) positions in Karen province’s Hpapun district, opposite Mae Hong Son province, hitting a military hospital, one bomb landed on the Thai side triggering panic among border villagers, PPTVHD36 said today (April 20). At 11 a.m. today Myanmar Air Force scrambled Yak-130 and Mig-29 fighter
Read moreAccidental bomb blast at Yala house linked to insurgents
SOME of the parts of an explosive device that went off while being assembled at a Yala house last night (Feb. 2) and injured one suspect have been found to be linked to insurgents, TV Channel 7 said this morning. The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command said the accidental blast
Read moreJealous mixed-race man detonates homemade bomb injuring four
A THAI-NORWEGIAN man who threatened his girlfriend with a homemade bomb in jealous rage while they were drinking with another couple outside his house in Chonburi set it off by flinging it on the table injuring all four of them, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 25). At 11 p.m. last night Sawang Boriboon Foundation
Read moreThai students create a bomb disposal device to clear PMN-2 landmines
SURIN Technical College students and their instructors have created a bomb disposal device to clear PMN-2 landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border where seven soldiers have already lost their legs upon stepping on them in the recent clashes and ongoing tensions, Amarin TV said today (Nov. 20). The device was unveiled at an invention competition
Read moreMotorbike bomb blast at Pattani police substation
A MOTORCYCLE bomb exploded next to a police substation in Far South Pattani province last night (Oct. 30) slightly injuring one policeman but heavily damaging four police vehicles and the building, Amarin TV said this morning. An additional police team and bomb disposal officers immediately went to investigate the blast which went off at
Read moreEight bomb blasts in Yala but no casualties
EIGHT bombs exploded in succession in Yala City last night (Oct. 8) but fortunately there were no casualties with the public warned that the penalty for helping the perpetrators is two years imprisonment and/or a 40,000 baht fine, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this morning. The blasts started at 8.03 p.m. with
Read moreSeveral bomb blasts in Far South to mark anniversary
THE THREE Far South provinces were hit by nine bombing incidents overnight injuring two people with this violence suspected to have been unleashed to mark the anniversary of Bersatu Movement, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Sep. 1). Most of the blasts were in Narathiwat province occurring at approximately the same time. Details are
Read moreTwo men arrested transporting bomb from Songkhla to Phuket
TWO men driving through Phang Nga province in the wee hours of this morning (June 24) were arrested at a checkpoint after police found a suspicious object in their sedan which turned out to be a bomb, Amarin TV said. At approximately 3.30 a.m. a team of policemen who had set up a checkpoint
Read moreAir India airplane resumes flight after bomb threat with a suspect questioned
AIR India Flight AI 379 resumed its journey to New Delhi after a bomb threat led to an emergency landing at Phuket Airport as no suspicious objects were found but one suspect is being questioned, Amarin TV said this evening (June 13). At 10 a.m. today Phuket Airport was informed by the Flight Control
Read moreTwo soldiers injured in Yala bomb blast
TWO soldiers from the 15th Engineering Battalion got injured in Yala late afternoon today (May 7) after a bomb planted by insurgents exploded as they were returning to their lodgings, Amarin TV said. The injured soldiers were part of a team which is dredging a canal along a railway line from Koto Tuera subdistrict
Read moreFemale defence volunteer survives car bomb blast in Pattani
A FEMALE Volunteer Defence Corps member narrowly escaped a car bomb blast in Pattani today (March 17) but did get injured, Naewna newspaper said. At 10 a.m. the defence volunteer, Ms. Suriyanee Siba, managed to get out of her sedan just as a car bomb planted in her vehicle exploded at the rear with
Read more8 navy sailors, 1 resident hurt in Pattani bomb blast
A 10-KILOGRAMME bomb exploded in the centre of Far-South Pattani city at noon today (March 15) injured eight navy sailors and a local resident, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Jeffrey Sailamanakul, superintendent of Pattani City police station, took a team to the foot of Talubo bridge, Pakaharang subdistrict, and temporarily closed the route while
Read moreMany injured in Far South pipe bomb blast
MANY people got injured at Yala city in the Far South this evening (March 5) after two motorcycle-riding insurgents flung two pipe bombs near a level crossing with one of the exploding, Naewna newspaper said. At 7:30 p.m., the Yala City Police Radio Centre was alerted of a sound like an explosion on Siros
Read moreThaksin apologises for Tak Bai incident, shrugs off car bomb blast
FORMER prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was unperturbed by a car bomb explosion within Ban Thon Airport at far-south Narathiwat province this morning (Feb. 23) an hour before he and his team landed there while he later apologised for the Tak Bai incident, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Feb.
Read moreBlast at Pattani police station, no injuries
MOTORCYCLE-RIDING insurgents flung a pipe bomb at a Pattani police station last evening (Nov. 10) but fortunately the explosive device fell outside the building so no one got injured, Naewna newspaper said this morning. At 6.45 p.m. Thung Yang Daeng police station was alerted that two insurgents rode up on a motorcycle and parked
Read morePolice brace for more explosions after car bomb rocks Pattani
AFTER a car bomb exploded in Pattani province soon after midnight yesterday (Oct. 24) investigators have found out that the insurgents are moving to set off four improvised explosive devices simultaneously in four southern border provinces during Oct. 24-28, Naewna newspaper said today. Investigators were also informed by local sources that two explosive devices
Read moreFake bomb threats to Indian airlines spark chaos
By AFP and published by CNA New Delhi – More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported today (Oct. 20), sparking global delays and fear among passengers. All flights landed safely, but the spate of threats has resulted in planes being
Read moreTwo bomb blasts in Narathiwat province
A TEAM of eight policemen travelling in two pickup trucks escaped unscathed after two bombs went off on a road in southern Narathiwat province’s Cho-airong district today (July 31) but one civilian got injured in the blasts, TV Channel 7 said. At 11.10 a.m. just as the police investigators got close to a bridge
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