rickfarang Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 One may wonder if posting this is akin to posting a "Dog Bites Man" story,but that it involves a Big C department store brings the story closer to home for many of us. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bomb hits superstore in deep south PATTANI: -- A small bomb exploded at a giant superstore in Pattani Monday afternoon, injuring one person and forcing the evacuation of customers and staff, in the latest of a string of attacks in the troubled region within less than 24 hours. Police said the bomb, hidden in a plant pot, was triggered remotely by a cell phone signal at Big C Superstore in Pattani's Nong Chik district, and damaged two cars parked near the store. The store was closed temporarily for further investigation. In a separate incident, a police bomb squad in Yaring district successfully defused a bomb planted under a car belonging to a local defense volunteer. The bomb, which weighed 10 kilogrammes, was set to be detonated by a cell phone signal. Police suspected that it was the work of the same insurgents who wanted to detonate a bomb at the Yaring District Office. Fortunately, the volunteer's wife noticed the suspicious object and alerted the police. In the neighbouring province of Narathiwat, insurgents planted a bomb in a fire-extinguisher along a road leading to a teachers housing unit. The bomb was timed to explode while a security team escorting teachers back home. No one was hurt in the incident which police suspected was the work of insurgents who want to create disturbances in the region. More than 800 people have been killed since violence erupted in the predominantly-Muslim south early last year. --TNA 2005-08-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 wow 10 kilo bomb , that had to be pretty big, glad they got that one before it went off.... I can see the cell phone number registration getting more strict after this , not that it will really help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasdave49 Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 maybe LOS can declare itself a budhist state. Then they can blow up, behead, and eliminate all of the infidels. Opps sorry wrong religion, never mind. Budhist extremist, what a concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 OCGringo, mobile number registration more strict? Y bother? It proves already not to be working, for everybody to see except for the folks who came up with the idea for regastration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 they will continue because the phones they found in the south on these bombs were NOT registered. So their idea is that these guys are stupid enough to use there own "registered" phones in the future.. Maybe they are right , who knows, but there will be phone registration , They just caught the UK train bomber in Italy using his own phone......so it can help OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Supposedly, you can use a Malaysian phone card that close to the border. So all the bombers do is get a phone in Kelantan. I know a neighbour did call me on his Thai phone card from the Malaysian side of the border earlier this year. Lot of good registering phones in Bangkok is going to do ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Hi! Why not jus buy a stolen Thai mobile. With the number of phones that I am sure are stolen every day(night) in Pattaya alone this should not be to difficult. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 ALHOLK said:Hi! Why not jus buy a stolen Thai mobile. With the number of phones that I am sure are stolen every day(night) in Pattaya alone this should not be to difficult. regards ALHOLK Yes...merely stealing a phone would be the way to go for a terrorist. But..... If a prson knows they will be associated with a certain SIM card and a phone is stolen/lost, they might be encouraged to report it immediately so as not to be associated with it's "misuse". Immediate reporting of loss might give the telephone company(s) enough lead time to deactivate the number. Hugh (mak) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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