Tianjin Police Department has detained owner-operator of the blasted dangerous goods warehouse. It's likely a civic-criminal case, though chances of terrorist attack are not ruled out yet.
Bangkok attack almost for sure is terrorist act. I have confidence that professional investigators from Thailand, China and Hong Kong will show some results very soon. If it's done by Southern Thai insurgencies, Royal Thai Army should retaliate, if not then China should deploy CPAP/PLA and strike their home base.
Sorry ,
Its not only about southern thia insurgents or Chinese insurgents but there is growing political displeasure going on between red shirts( the supporters )of ousted former thai PM Mr thaksin !
Reds has background of voilence & they were involved in many of violent activities .
Military & pro monarchy yellow shirts are one side & The majority of Thais are with thaksin mostly from the eastern & northern parts of thailand .
Most of Thai police been considered as the , loyalist of thaksin & thai army as pro monarchy .
No one can say any thing who is behind theses terrorist acts but general perception is of reds involvd in that .
I guess we can rule out the insurgency in the South. This man is clearly not Asian, let alone ethnic Thai, or Thai Malay if from the south.
It seems foreign related. In a way it's better as had it come from the South it would have made reconciliation very hard and increased the conflict.
I hope Thai brothers and sisters find this cowardand his backers.
Somyot: Sathorn, Erawan attacks work of same bombers
National police chief Somyot Pumpunmuang said the bomb tossed from a bridge at Bangkok’s Sathorn pier and yesterday’s bombing of the Erawan shrine are the work of the same perpetrators, some of whom may be foreigners.
- Published: 18/08/2015 at 08:01 PM
- Writer: Online Reporters
After inspecting the scene at the busy Chao Phraya River boat terminal, Pol Gen Somyot said divers were able to recover a half dozen metal fragments of the pipe bomb thrown from the Taksin road and rail bridge near the waterway and the BTS Saphan Taksin station.
The device bounced off a post and into the nearby canal where it detonated harmlessly, sending up only a large plume of water. There were no injuries or damage.
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians found TNT was used in both devices, which had been stuffed into a metal pipe with a timed fuse.
Pol Gen Somyot said he believed there were more than one person behind the two bombings and that both Thais and foreign nationals were involved.
The Sathorn bomb was estimated to have a blast radius of 35-50 metres, less than half of the bomb left under a bench Monday night at the Hindu shrine at the Ratchprasong intersection.
The Sathorn bombing took place at 1.20pm, but half the pier remained open with boat operations continuing as normal. Police closed Sathorn Road to traffic from the pier to the Saphan Taksin Skytrain station to investigate.
Assistant police chief Prawut believed the perpetrator wanted to throw the bomb onto a busy walking platform leading to the pier but missed. CCTV footage taken at the time of the explosion showed people running down a causeway over the canal to escape the blast.
Police initially dispatched divers into the canal to try to recover any surviving pieces of the bomb that Transport Minister Prajin Juntong called an "improvised explosive device". Later, sandbags and pumps were brought into to drain the impact area to hasten the search for evidence.
Pol Gen Somyot admitted that police briefly arrested a foreign man at Suvarnabhumi airport who appeared similar to CCTV images of the prime suspect. Immigration officials initially stopped him due to a problem with his travel documents and released him so that he could fix it. He has not been allowed to depart Thailand for the time being.
Police would rule out he was the same man who appeared in the Erawan CCTV footage and are investigating further.
The police chief asked the public to send tips to authorities if they see someone they suspect was the man seen wearing a yellow shirt and leaving a backpack at the Erawan blast site.
Sathorn pier is a major terminal linking Chao Phraya River commuter boats and the nearby Skytrain station. It's also a major tourist stop, especially for Chinese tour groups.
ACM Prajin said the Sathorn bomb was an IED that was thrown. An IED is also blamed for Monday's devastating explosion at the Erawan shrine that officially has left 20 dead and 125 injured.
A security camera captures the moment of explosion in Sathorn area.
As I can see, all attentions are being directed to the patsies aka AQ/ ISIS (well, that's their purpose) instead of the root.
Never been targeted & never been in their list ?
Perfect place for them could be Burma ?
Why don't ?
But still nothing ?
So its just speculations cause most of the anti islamists gets their free way tickets ?lol
Correct its not red shirts related .
This is Daesh related.
No its not ISIS ?
If it was then they should have posted it or announced it as another of their big deeds ?
Its not happening so don't bring foolish speculations cause its not ?
For ISIS or any other terrorist outfit Burma is more easy & attractive target where the govt is involved in mascaring rohinia Muslims ?