I narrowly escape assassination attempt : Thaksin
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday because he left his house earlier than normal.
Thaksin said a car rigged with an improvised bomb was stopped when they were spotted circling his home in southern Bangkok in the morning."It's my lucky day. I have been varying my travel times after the intelligence services told me people were trying to kill me. If I hadn't left an hour earlier than usual, I might not be here now," he claimed. Thaksin added that several other attempts have been made to harm him in recent months when traveling on official duties. He alluded to "incidents" at military airports and a recent car crash that involved a car in one of his convoys. Deputy Chief of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc), Panlop Pinmanee, was promptly sacked on the prime minister's orders Thursday following what Thaksin branded as assassination attempt against him. Thaksin said he must cancel some of his schedules and assign routine appearances to his deputies. The Nation
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