Junta appeals for calm after car bomb plot alert in Thailand

AFP, BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta chief appealed for calm Tuesday after police warned of a plot to target Bangkok with car bombs, sparking a security alert across the capital including at airports.
An unusually detailed police memo was handed to reporters on Monday warning that an unidentified group was planning to target Bangkok between October 25-30.
The memo said “areas such as malls, car parks and tourist attractions” were at risk and ordered police to be extra-vigilant.
In the last year Thailand has been rocked by blasts hitting its crucial tourist sector, a rare bright spot in an otherwise lacklustre economy.
The junta has refused to label the assaults terrorist attacks and has played down suggestions tourists are being deliberately targeted.
“Let officials carry out their jobs and please be confident in their work,” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who seized power in 2014, told reporters.
He said the the bomb plot was an “ongoing warning” and an investigation was underway but warned people not to panic.

 

 

Junta appeals for calm after car bomb plot alert in Thailand

AFP, BANGKOK: Thailands junta chief appealed for calm Tuesday after police warned of a plot to target Bangkok with car bombs, sparking a security alert across the capital including at airports. An unusually detailed police memo was handed to reporters on Monday warning that an unidentified group was planning to target Bangkok between October 25-30. The memo said areas such as malls, car parks and tourist attractions were at risk and ordered police to be extra-vigilant. In the last year Thailand has been rocked by blasts hitting its crucial tourist sector, a rare bright spot in an otherwise lacklustre economy. The junta has refused to label the assaults terrorist attacks and has played down suggestions tourists are being deliberately targeted. Let officials carry out their jobs and please be confident in their work, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who seized power in 2014, told reporters. He said the the bomb plot was an ongoing warning and an investigation was underway but warned people not to panic.