Update: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at […]
Read MoreUpdate: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at […]
Read MoreNod for suspending Thai-Khmer peace accord after landmine blast
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (Nov. 10) gave the green light for suspending the Thai-Khmer peace accord and lodging an immediate protest after two Thai soldiers got injured in a landmine explosion, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Siripong Angkasakulkiat, government spokesperson, said Anutin received a report on a Thai soldier stepping on a landmine […]
Read MoreMany injured in brawl at university concert
VIOLENCE disrupted a concert at Ramkhamhaeng University last night (Sep. 20) as youths brawled leaving many of them injured, Naewna newspaper said early this morning. At around 12.30 a.m. Hua Mark police station was alerted of a fight breaking out among youths attending a concert marking the Festival of the Tenth Lunar Month (Sat […]
Read MoreSeveral injured passengers on turbulence-hit flight need spinal surgery
By AP and published by Yahoo!News SEVERAL of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence earlier this week will need spinal surgery, a Bangkok hospital said yesterday (May 23). Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boeing 777, […]
Read MoreDistraught foreigner in multi-vehicle crash in Chonburi
A DISTRAUGHT foreign man who drove his sedan into a shop at Mueang Chonburi district, after trying to stop the traffic there drove off and hit three vehicles and a motorcycle injuring several people including himself who was rescued after his car overturned, Amarin TV said today (Sep. 8). The unidentified foreigner had taken […]
Read MoreSeveral vehicles damaged in double crash on Bypass road
ONE CRASH after another led to several vehicles being damaged this morning (Dec. 9) on the Chonburi-Rayong Bypass road with the drivers of three vehicles getting injured, Sanook.com said. At around 10 a.m. Sawangphon Kusol Rayong Foundation rescue team rushed to the site of the accident on the inbound to Rayong City side of […]
Read MoreRed shirts blast quelling of anti-Apec demonstration at rally
A GROUP OF red-shirt followers held an anti-dictatorship rally near the Democracy Monument this afternoon (Nov. 20) where the government was slammed for quelling an anti-Apec protest on Saturday that left several people injured and scores arrested, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said. Around 50 red-shirt demonstrators set up a stage in front of […]
Read MoreChadchart regrets Apec protesters got injured, trying to help detainees
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said during a live broadcast on Facebook while jogging this morning (Nov. 19) that he regrets protesters got injured in a clash with police while marching from the City Hall square (Larn Khon Mueang) to Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre(QSNCC) yesterday and that he is coordinating to help those detained, […]
Read MoreLawyers urge people to take legal action against crowd-control police
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED LAWYERS For Rights & Liberty today (Aug 21) called on the people who may have been injured, either inadvertently or intentionally, by crowd-control police on Bangkok streets to take legal action against them. Winyat Chatmontri, secretary general of the United Lawyers For Rights & Liberty, suggested those who may […]
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