Sunday, February 13, 2011

Zeenab Khan, 02-13-2011, Topic: Crime, Posted: 1:45 PM

Police: Suspected car bomb blast injures 12 in Thailand

Why do we always hear on the news that there is a car bomb blast somewhere? Why does this happen? Because of people being stupid and planning these attacks to take lives of innocent people. In Thailand there was a car bomb blast that injured twelve people. It happened on February 13, 2011. In southern Thailand, a car bomb blast happened and at least 12 people were injured, police said. The blast caused a fire that burned down about a dozen of homes. Investigators say that a car bomb caused the blast and fire. The blast happened in a region that has seen a point in suspected insurgent attacks recently. In the article it said that nine civilians were killed and two others were injured in a bombing in Yala province like last month. Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have extended battled government forces in a country that is mostly Buddhists. The disagreement came to a head in 2004 after previous Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took office. A number of people died in the resulting violence. When will the blasts stop? More then likely these kinds of car bomb blasts happen in foreign countries because the security over there is not as secure as it is here in the United States. I think people seem to neglect past events and still let the blasts happen by not doing anything about it when it happens at first. Security agencies need to change their plans and attitudes in order to save their country from other blasts. Crime and Terrorism is the biggest threat to humanity today. People need to start accepting their social values and make effort to help their country from crime.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/thailand.blast/index.html

2 comments:

Erica Herndon said...

This issue I think a lot of because I always hear about a car bomb somewhere and it is a real scary thought. Not knowing that something is going to blow up aright next to you. I want to visit other countries but with all the stuff going on I don't think its safe. I hope more is done about these car bombs.

Hawkins, Kyerre said...

I agree with your comment about crime and terrorism. These two things are hurting our society more than anything. I do not understand why car bombs occur but I know they are used in many different methods. I hope that things can be done to change the rates of these events.