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| Iranian bombers 'targeted Israelis' in Bangkok bombing |
| 2012-02-16 |
| A group of Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok planned to target two Israeli diplomats, Thailand's national police chief confirmed on Thursday. The men were specifically targeting Israel diplomats and planned to plant "sticky" bombs on their vehicles, the same method used in attack on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi and a foiled plot in Tibilisi on Monday. Police General Prewpan Dhamapong said Thai authorities "know for certain that [the intended target] was Israeli diplomats. The issue was about individuals and the targets were specific. This was something personal." Thailand is to seek the extradition from Malaysia of an Iranian man who was part of the plot. Immigration authorities in Kuala Lumpur arrested the man Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh, 31, on unspecified charges on Wednesday as he tried to board a flight to Iran. The man had fled neighbouring Thailand after two Iranian accomplices were caught when an accidental blast at their bomb factory at a house they rented in a quiet residential area of Bangkok alerted Thai police. |
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