Monday, May 22, 2017

UPDATE: Explosion at Bangkok hospital 24 people injured, weeks after shopping centre blasts

  • Bomb blast in Bangkok hospital injures 24 people on Monday morning
  • Police found traces of a battery and electric wiring used to make the bomb
  • Just a week after 50 people were injured in the bombing of a shopping centre 

At least 24 people were injured when a bomb exploded in a hospital in Bangkok just a week after a shopping centre was blown up.

The bomb went off in a reception room for retired civil servants at the Phramongkutklao Hospital about 11am on Monday.

Deputy police commissioner Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said pieces of the bomb including traces of a battery and electric wiring were found at the scene.

‘It’s confirmed to be a bomb. We must convene a meeting before saying anything further, but at this time, I can confirm it was a bomb,’ he told reporters.

The explosion was just a week after 50 people were wounded when two bombs were detonated in a shopping centre in Pattani, in Thailand’s south.

It was also the third anniversary of a military coup that brought the ruling military regime to power.

Source: Explosion at Bangkok hospital leaves 24 people injured | Daily Mail Online


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