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She asked her boyfriend to check the strange plastic bag next to the wheel of her truck & that was the last thing he would ever do.

Police inspect the car damaged by a hand grenade explosion that killed a man at an apartment complex car park in Lat Krabang on Monday morning, March 18, 2013.

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Man killed by bomb in car park

18 Mar 2013
Online Reporters

A man was killed by the explosion of a hand grenade in a plastic bag found against the wheel of a pickup truck in the car park of an apartment complex on Monday morning.

About 8am on Monday, police received a report of a man injured severely by a bomb blast at an apartment complex in Lat Krabang district in Bangkok.

Wanchai Noomdee, 32, was found lying next to a pickup truck with severe injuries to his right hand, chest and stomach. He was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries. 

His girlfriend Rattaporn Imkham said they were leaving for work. She was driving and could not get her pickup to move out.

She then noticed a plastic bag placed by the wheel of her truck. There was something in the bag, so she asked her boyfriend, who was in the passenger seat, to check it out.

"It was just a few seconds, I heard a loud explosion, I turned around and saw him lying on the ground covered in blood, so I called the police," Ms Rattaporn said.

Ms Rattaporn alleged she had received threatening messages from Wanchai's former girlfriend.

Wanchai had also been attacked by a group of men on Feb 15, she said.

She told police that her dead boyfriend also had a few arguments over parking spots with their neighbours in the apartment complex.

After an initial investigation, police believed the killer removed the safety pin from a hand grenade and placed it the bag in a way that moving it would release the trigger and set off the detonator.

Police said the killer could be a bomb expert.

(Source: Bangkok Post, Breakingnews, Man killed by bomb in car park, 18 Mar 2013, Online Reporters, link) 


Bomb Attack Vocabulary

murder - the unlawful killing of another person ฆาตกรรม, ฆ่า, สังหาร, ทำลายชีวิต  (See Wikipedia)

hand grenade - a small bomb that someone throws or fires from a gun ระเิบิดลูกเล็ก ลูกระเบิดเล็ก (See Wikipedia)
grenade - Same as "hand grenade"

bomb -  ลูกระเบิด
man killed by bomb 

expert -  a person who knows a lot about some special subject ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ
a bomb expert

explosion - when a bomb blows up or bursts open, sending metal pieces out that hurt and kill people การระเบิด
a loud explosion

blast - Same as "explosion"
bomb blast
a man injured severely by a bomb blast

hand grenade explosion
killed by the explosion of a hand grenade

detonator -  เครื่องมือที่ใช้จุดระเบิด,  ที่จุดระเบิด
detonation mechanism - the part of the bomb that makes the bomb explode (See Wikipedia)

safety pin - part of the detonator that prevents bomb from exploding
removed the safety pin from a hand grenade

release - to allow to go free ปล่อย ปล่อยตัว ปล่อยเป็นอิสระ
trigger -  ไกปืน
release the trigger

set off - to begin or start something (to cause some electrical device to start accidentally, set off a bomb, set off an alarm) ล้อหมุน
set off the detonator
release the trigger and set off the detonator

inspect - to look at something carefully ตรวจสอบ
Police inspect the car damaged by a hand grenade explosion

wheel - ล้อ, ล้อรถ
the wheel of a pickup truck -

car park - a building to park cars
man killed by bomb in car park

spot - a place
parking spots - a place to park (in the car park)

an apartment complex - many buildings that are part of the same group of apartments 
in the car park of an apartment complex

A man was killed by the explosion of a hand grenade in a plastic bag found against the wheel of a pickup truck in the car park of an apartment complex on Monday morning.

severe - very serious and worrying ที่รุนแรง ที่น่าเป็นห่วง
severe injury

chest - the upper front part of the body of humans and some animals, between the stomach and the neck, containing the heart and lungs หน้าอก
severe injuries to his right hand, chest and stomach

rushed - taken somewhere very quickly ด้วยความเร่งรีบ
rushed to a hospital

succumbed - died
succumbed to his injuries

He was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

Wanchai Noomdee, 32, was found lying next to a pickup truck with severe injuries to his right hand, chest and stomach. He was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

threat - when someone says they will hurt another person  คุกคาม
received threatening messages

alleged - claimed, but not yet proven ที่ถูกกล่าวหา
Ms Rattaporn alleged she had received threatening messages from Wanchai's former girlfriend.

argument - when two people do not agree and fight about something การโต้แย้ง,  การแย้ง, การโต้เถียง
neighbour - เพื่อนบ้าน
She told police that her dead boyfriend also had a few arguments over parking spots with their neighbours in the apartment complex.

initial - early; first ในเบื้องต้น
investigation - the process of trying to find out all the details or facts about something (a crime, for example) การสอบสวน การตรวจสอบหาข้อเท็จจริง
an initial investigation

After an initial investigation, police believed the killer removed the safety pin from a handgrenade and placed it the bag in a way that moving it would release the trigger and set off the detonator.

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