Thailand faces terror threat

Tourist spot: Tourists taking selfies on a street near Patong beach in Phuket. According to Thai intelligence, two potential Uighur terrorists had entered Thailand via Phuket last month. — Reuters

Bangkok: As Thailand gears up for its crowd-pulling Songkran festival next week, a leaked memo has warned that four Uighur and Chechen militants could be planning terrorist attacks on foreigners in the kingdom.

According to local news website Khaosod English, the warning originally came from Thailand’s intelligence information agency and was passed on by the governor of Surat Thani province to local police.