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Car bombed Friday night in Bangkok's residential Talingchan area, no injuries
BANGKOK, Sept 25 -- A car belonging to a Silpakorn University student was severely damaged in a bomb explosion while parked in a residential lane in the capital's Talingchan district Friday evening.
The new vehicle was parked in Soi Chakprah 16 in Bangkok's Talingchan district at about 11pm, no one was injured by the explosion.
The owner told police that he drove his new car, bearing the 'red plate' dealer-issued license plates, to give his friend a lift and he parked his vehicle at 9pm. Two hours later he heard a loud explosion and found that his new car was damaged by a bomb.
A nearby building was also damaged by the bomb.
Police said whoever was responsible placing the home made bomb under the car was not known, but an investigation was underway. The vehicle's owner said he had no conflict with anyone.
Earlier in the day, two young women and an older man were injured by an explosion in a trash bin on Rama 3 Road in Yannawa district.
Hidden in a common large green plastic trash bin located in front a grocery shop in Rama 3's Soi 29, the bomb went off at around 5.30pm. The explosion left Rungthip Thipsot, 27, Sumontha Kotebutree, 16, and Paiboon Nakyoi, 53, with minor injuries.
The grocery owner also operates a nearby snooker parlour.
The two girls suffered only minor injuries and were sent to Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital while Mr Paiboon was sent to Lerdsin Hospital.
Fifty-seven-year-old Siamseng Saetia, the grocery owner, said she saw a suspicious looking box containing a mobile phone with wire and a battery in her house near a snooker table on Tuesday but dared not move it as she was warned by her daughter that it may be a bomb.
On Friday, a neighbour, Prakorn Boonprakobkij, volunteered to move the suspicious bow in the trash, which he did at around 4.30pm.
The explosion took place half an hour later.
It was not explained why the household members did not inform the police.
An initial investigation by explosives experts and forensic police found the bomb was a home made explosive device which may have been triggered by a mobile phone signal.
National Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree said he believed the incident was a personal conflict, not related to the political situation or an attempt to instigate unrest in the capital.
However, he had ordered checkpoints to step up security around Bangkok. (MCOT online news)
The new vehicle was parked in Soi Chakprah 16 in Bangkok's Talingchan district at about 11pm, no one was injured by the explosion.
The owner told police that he drove his new car, bearing the 'red plate' dealer-issued license plates, to give his friend a lift and he parked his vehicle at 9pm. Two hours later he heard a loud explosion and found that his new car was damaged by a bomb.
A nearby building was also damaged by the bomb.
Police said whoever was responsible placing the home made bomb under the car was not known, but an investigation was underway. The vehicle's owner said he had no conflict with anyone.
Earlier in the day, two young women and an older man were injured by an explosion in a trash bin on Rama 3 Road in Yannawa district.
Hidden in a common large green plastic trash bin located in front a grocery shop in Rama 3's Soi 29, the bomb went off at around 5.30pm. The explosion left Rungthip Thipsot, 27, Sumontha Kotebutree, 16, and Paiboon Nakyoi, 53, with minor injuries.
The grocery owner also operates a nearby snooker parlour.
The two girls suffered only minor injuries and were sent to Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital while Mr Paiboon was sent to Lerdsin Hospital.
Fifty-seven-year-old Siamseng Saetia, the grocery owner, said she saw a suspicious looking box containing a mobile phone with wire and a battery in her house near a snooker table on Tuesday but dared not move it as she was warned by her daughter that it may be a bomb.
On Friday, a neighbour, Prakorn Boonprakobkij, volunteered to move the suspicious bow in the trash, which he did at around 4.30pm.
The explosion took place half an hour later.
It was not explained why the household members did not inform the police.
An initial investigation by explosives experts and forensic police found the bomb was a home made explosive device which may have been triggered by a mobile phone signal.
National Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree said he believed the incident was a personal conflict, not related to the political situation or an attempt to instigate unrest in the capital.
However, he had ordered checkpoints to step up security around Bangkok. (MCOT online news)
