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Police at dead end in Bangkok bombing

Police investigating Saturday night's bombing near His Majesty the King's palace have found no clues to the identity of the bomber, but now will man 84 checkpoints each night in risk-prone areas of Bangkok, senior police officers said Sunday.

Following a meeting Sunday morning with senior police officers on the bombing incident which wounded a young man, Pol. Lt-Gen. Jongrak Jutanont, Assistant National Police Chief, said the bomber wished to stir up a sense of chaos in the country.

His assumption was based on the fact that the explosive was made in a simple way with the explosion set to go off within 30 minutes of setting the bomb.

Five witnesses had been questioned but police were still unable to find a clue to the identity of the bomber, he said.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will install more lights in dark areas here. Moreover, the municipality is considering closing public telephone booths in areas which are unnecessary to prevent ill-intentioned persons from planting bombs.

Saturday night's bomb was hidden in a paper bag placed at the roadside near a phone booth, opposite the King's Chitralada Palace. The explosion wounded a young man, shattered glass and damaged the phone booth.

Meanwhile, Pol. Lt-Gen. Adisorn Nonsee, Bangkok police chief, said combined forces of police, army and BMA officials would jointly set up 84 checkpoints in areas considered risky in Bangkok. Searches of vehicles and suspicious looking passers-by will be conducted from nighttime until 5 am daily.

The BMA also plans to install 1,700 additional closed-circuit surveillance cameras in at risk areas while more lights will be erected on public phone booths. (TNA)

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Doesn't look like your average terrorist bomb,...seems pretty low key and lame to attract any real attention. Seems like someone with not the full amount of hatred required for such a task.