Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Revenge bombing in Bangkok feared

Police are on the lookout for a separatist who has arrived in Bangkok and may be preparing a car bomb in the capital on the first anniversary of the fatal crackdown on militants at Krue Se mosque in Pattani province on May 7th last year, a police source said.

A reliable source at the Metropolitan Police Bureau said yesterday that deputy Bangkok police chief Pol Maj-Gen Krisada Pankongchuen had a meeting with senior investigators from all sub-divisions of Bangkok police over the weekend and discussed the arrival of the suspected separatist terrorist.

With information from the National Intelligence Agency, Pol Maj-Gen Krisada distributed the photograph and profile of the suspect to his subordinates and told them to be on the alert.

As the suspect had no criminal record, Bangkok police could not take any legal action against him but would be on the lookout for any unusual moves, the source said.

He said the suspect speaks the central Thai dialect fluently and may be preparing a car bomb attack, particularly to take revenge for the Krue Se bloodshed.

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