Bangkok police on high alert amid terror threats

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2007

BANGKOK (AFP) — Police in Bangkok remained on high alert Saturday after three western nations and Japan warned of possible terror attacks in the Thai capital.

"The Metropolitan Police are on full alert. We have maintained our security measures at the maximum level since the bombs on December 31," said Major General Kamol Kaewsuwan, deputy chief of Bangkok Metropolitan police.

Since a wave of bombs on New Year's Eve in downtown Bangkok killed three and injured dozens, including foreign tourists, police have beefed up security at department stores, train stations and Bangkok's new international airport.

The Thai capital was again on fresh alert after Australia, Canada, Britain and Japan warned of possible terror attacks in Bangkok and urged their citizens to...

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