Hua Hin resort hit by twin bomb blasts - one dead

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" ... They tied the suspects of the Erawan Shrine bombings to the deportation of Uyghur people back to China. Whether they got they got it right in that case...I would expect a similar investigation at all sites until they find someone and link that person back to the others ... '

There's a very interesting article in 'Forbes' (of all places) regarding the arrests and investigation into the Erawan bombing: http://www.forbes.com/sites/susancun.../#7c8dc0a42564

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I think I have a lot more confidence in this government to figure this one out and bring someone(s) to justice inevitably, more so than some of the democratically elected governments in the past.

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Very debatable. There may be arrests but that should surprise no one. As an example.... https://medium.com/@zenjournalist/co...a79#.88mbvxo3a

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MOTHER’S DAY BOMBINGS: ARREST ON OIL RIG, UNKNOWN NUMBER DETAINED BY JUNTA
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer - August 14, 2016
BANGKOK — Police announced Sunday morning they have made an arrest in connection with a wave of bombing and arson attacks in seven provinces that left four dead.

On Saturday, officers went to an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Thailand where they arrested Sakarin Karuehat with a court-approved warrant in connection with the a fire at a Tesco-Lotus in Nakhon Sri Thammarat province.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/c...etained-junta/

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Mon Aug 15, 2016
Thailand avoids linking bloody insurgency to tourist site blasts
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall | BANGKOK
Within hours of last week's deadly bomb and arson attacks in Thailand, police and senior officials publicly ruled out any link to foreign militants and insisted the perpetrators, as yet unidentified, were homegrown.

But they also doubted the involvement of Thailand's most violent homegrown militants: the Malay-Muslim insurgents fighting a bloody separatist war in the country's three southernmost provinces, where similar bombings are grimly routine.... (read more)... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-th...KCN10Q0DY?il=0

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At least 15 people detained for suspected involvement in last week's bombings and arson in seven provinces will be taken to the police Crime Suppression Division and charged on Friday, the National Council...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...bombings-fires

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At least 15 people detained for suspected involvement in last week's bombings and arson in seven provinces will be taken to the police Crime Suppression Division and charged on Friday, the National Council...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...bombings-fires

Another report from a different news source (note the median age of those charged is 58)...MILITARY REVEALS IT’S HELD 17 BOMBING SUSPECTS SINCE ATTACKS
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter - August 18, 2016

BANGKOK — The military Thursday announced it has been holding 17 suspects since almost immediately after last week’s southern attacks and will hand them over to civilian police.... (more).. http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...since-attacks/

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ARMY BACKTRACKS ON CLAIMS OF ELDERLY TERROR SUSPECTS’ LINK TO BOMB ATTACKS
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter - August 19, 2016
BANGKOK — Despite its previous statement to the media, the military now says 15 people under arrest for allegedly plotting insurrection against the state had nothing to do with the bomb attacks in the south last week.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...-bomb-attacks/

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HERE’S WHY EXPERTS BELIEVE BRN WAS BEHIND ATTACKS
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter - August 19, 2016
BANGKOK — A number of security analysts said the evidence now suggests beyond a reasonable doubt that insurgents fighting for independence in the Deep South were behind the bomb attacks in southern Thailand last week.

While the authorities continue to insist that the ethnic-religious conflict had nothing to do with the bombings which hit on the Queen’s birthday, the scholars point to methods and motives they say leaves the Barisan Revolusi Nasional, or BRN, the only viable perpetrators.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...ehind-attacks/

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OIL RIG WORKER FREED BUT STILL FACES CHARGES
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter - August 19, 2016
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A 32-year-old Chiang Mai man accused of participating in the wave of terror attacks in southern Thailand last week has been released from military custody, police said Friday.

But police said they will file explosives-related charges against Sakarin Karuehat next week,... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...faces-charges/

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Tue Aug 23, 2016
Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand: police
One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on Tuesday near a hotel in the southern Thai coastal town of Pattani, police said, less than two weeks after a series of unexplained blasts hit the south.... (read more)... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-th...-idUSKCN10Y2H6