Election day
On February 2, a boy waits for his mother to cast her vote at a polling station in Bangkok Sai Mai district. The general election was held 60 days after the dissolution of parliament.
Burning baggage
Airport package catches fire
A bag containing chemical substances intended for use in fertiliser production caught fire at Suvarnabhumi airport on January 28.
The bag’s owner, Pongkan Kositthammanant, claimed a friend had asked him to take it on a flight to Phnom Penh.
The incident happened at a Bangkok Airways check-in counter at about 6:15 am. The bag began burning when a member of the airline staff placed it on a conveyor belt. The fire was soon extinguished.
Terrorist attack
Bomb explodes at school
A bomb targeting a security team went off in front of a school in Sungai Padi district of Narathiwat on January 28.
The bomb exploded at the entrance to Ban Kawa School at about 8 am. Bomb disposal officers arrived at the scene and found the drain beneath the school’s entrance gate had been destroyed.
Police said the bomb weighed 20 kilogrammes and was triggered by a radio transmission. Nobody was hurt. Authorities believe the attack was the work of southern insurgents.
EASY NEWS FOR M1-3
Fatal fire
Four family members killed
A fire destroyed a shophouse. It happened on January 30 in Din Daeng, Bangkok. Four family members were killed. Ten other relatives managed to escape the fire.
Vocabulary
- fertiliser (n): a substance added to soil to make plants grow more successfully
conveyor belt (n): a continuous moving band used for transporting goods from one part of a building to another
insurgent (n): a person fighting against the government or armed forces of their own country
shophouse (n): a shop that opens onto the street and is also used as the owner’s home
