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Translator trouble deepens delay in Erawan bomb trial
AFP, Published on 15/09/2016
» The trial of two Chinese Uighurs accused of the deadly Erawan shrine bombing was postponed for a second time on Thursday as the court again failed to find a suitable interpreter for the defendants.
Timeline of recent bomb blasts
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» Here is a brief timeline of major blasts in Thailand in the past five years, compiled by AFP. The list does not include incidents in the deep South.
Police: Karadag planted bomb
AFP, Published on 26/09/2015
» Police on Saturday said a foreigner held in custody over last month's deadly Bangkok attack was the same yellow-shirted man seen on CCTV placing a rucksack at the shrine moments before the blast.
Turkish man wanted for possessing Bangkok blast 'war materials'
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» BANGKOK - Thai police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a Turkish man over a bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people, identifying the nationality of a suspect for the first time in their probe.
Woman suspect 'found in Turkey'
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» The Thai woman identified Monday by police as a suspect in the Bangkok bombing denied any knowledge of the attack and said she was in Turkey and "shocked" to be linked with the crime.
Youngest victim wounded by Bangkok bomb flies home to Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 27/08/2015
» HONG KONG - A nine-year-old girl left seriously injured by a bomb which killed 20 people at a Bangkok shrine -- the youngest person wounded by the blast -- returned to Hong Kong on Thursday.
Youngest victim wounded by Erawan bomb goes home to HK
AFP, Published on 27/08/2015
» A nine-year-old girl left seriously injured in the Erawan shrine bombing -- the youngest person wounded in the blast -- returned to Hong Kong Thursday.
Chinese tourists put on a brave face
AFP, Published on 21/08/2015
» Busloads of visitors from China flocked to the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Friday, but days after the Erawan shrine bombing killed 20 people including five Chinese visitors, Thailand's biggest-spending holidaymakers are rattled.
Dragnet scoops up foreign bomber look-alikes
AFP, Published on 21/08/2015
» Swedish national Marcus Westberg was typing on his laptop when Thai police came knocking. He soon became one of a handful of foreigners questioned because of their similar looks to the primary Bangkok bomb suspect.
Who carried out Bangkok's deadly bombing?
AFP, Published on 20/08/2015
» Confusion swirls around who carried out Bangkok's deadly bombing. But experts say the unprecedented scale of Monday's attack and apparent targeting of tourists could indicate a game-changing escalation of tactics for the country's usual suspects -- or an entirely new threat.