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Huge explosion rocks central Bangkok - casualties reported
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Exactly.
If they dare, why don't they target and do it at military camps/ target.
They are really coward, only know killing innocent people; children and women included.
this week NDP rally, will LHL call off and instead broadcast live from war bunker instead?
Is he really BG?
BG is afraid of fire crackers???
No filed experience???
Devastating Bangkok blast caught on camera: At least 27 dead and dozens injured as motorbike bomber targets tourists at shrine
At least 27 are dead and dozens more have been injured after a bomb on a motorbike exploded just outside a Hindu shrine in Bangkok today.
The explosion took place in the popular Ratchaprasong district in the heart of the Thai capital at around 7pm, in an area packed with tourists.
Four foreigners are believed to be among the dead after an attack the Thai government says was designed to damage the country's vital tourist industry.
'It was a TNT bomb... the people who did it targeted foreigners and to damage tourism and the economy,' a government spokesman said.
Many victims were probably visiting the Erawan Shrine or several shopping centres in the area when the attack took place. Security video showed a powerful flash as the bomb exploded.
The death toll so far has been confirmed as being at least 16 but there are local reports this afternoon that as many as 27 have been killed and 80 are injured.
Bomb disposal squads have reportedly found and defused a further two explosive devices that were discovered near the scene, according to the Bangkok Post.
Victims were 'blown to pieces' after the explosion, according to witnesses, which came from a pipe bomb said to contain 3kg of TNT. Police Chief Somyot Poompummuang said the explosives were stuffed inside a tube and then wrapped with a white cloth before being detonated.
He added: 'Those who have planted this bomb are cruel. They aim to kill because everyone knows that at 7pm the shrine is crowded with Thais and foreigners. Planting a bomb there means they want to see a lot of dead people.'
A witness at the scene said she saw pieces of human flesh near the blast site, and a soldier later told onlookers to move back, saying they were checking for a second bomb.
'We are now looking for another two to three bombs, as we have found one suspicious object,' national police chief Prawut Thawornsiri told Reuters.
'There could be another explosion, so we have blocked off the crime scene and are asking bystanders to move back.'
Authorities have since stepped up security checks at some major city intersections and in tourist areas.
The Erawan shrine, on a busy corner near top hotels, shopping centres and offices, is a major tourist attraction, especially for visitors from East Asia. Many ordinary Thais also worship there.
Most of the injured were tourists from China and Taiwan, local media said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
At least 27 are dead and dozens more have been injured after a bomb on a motorbike exploded just outside a Hindu shrine in Bangkok today.
The explosion took place in the popular Ratchaprasong district in the heart of the Thai capital at around 7pm, in an area packed with tourists.
Four foreigners are believed to be among the dead after an attack the Thai government says was designed to damage the country's vital tourist industry.
'It was a TNT bomb... the people who did it targeted foreigners and to damage tourism and the economy,' a government spokesman said.
Many victims were probably visiting the Erawan Shrine or several shopping centres in the area when the attack took place. Security video showed a powerful flash as the bomb exploded.
The death toll so far has been confirmed as being at least 16 but there are local reports this afternoon that as many as 27 have been killed and 80 are injured.
Bomb disposal squads have reportedly found and defused a further two explosive devices that were discovered near the scene, according to the Bangkok Post.
Victims were 'blown to pieces' after the explosion, according to witnesses, which came from a pipe bomb said to contain 3kg of TNT. Police Chief Somyot Poompummuang said the explosives were stuffed inside a tube and then wrapped with a white cloth before being detonated.
He added: 'Those who have planted this bomb are cruel. They aim to kill because everyone knows that at 7pm the shrine is crowded with Thais and foreigners. Planting a bomb there means they want to see a lot of dead people.'
A witness at the scene said she saw pieces of human flesh near the blast site, and a soldier later told onlookers to move back, saying they were checking for a second bomb.
'We are now looking for another two to three bombs, as we have found one suspicious object,' national police chief Prawut Thawornsiri told Reuters.
'There could be another explosion, so we have blocked off the crime scene and are asking bystanders to move back.'
Authorities have since stepped up security checks at some major city intersections and in tourist areas.
The Erawan shrine, on a busy corner near top hotels, shopping centres and offices, is a major tourist attraction, especially for visitors from East Asia. Many ordinary Thais also worship there.
Most of the injured were tourists from China and Taiwan, local media said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
so they put the bomb at the fench of the shrine. i guess you can call it an attack on the shrine,
Maybe some turkics.
Bomb attack at central Bangkok tourist attraction kills 18, including two Chinese, and injures scores
Authorities blame explosion at famous Erawan Shrine on forces who "want to destroy Thailand's economy"
PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 8:48pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 1:24am
Agence France-Presse in Bangkok
At least 18 people were killed and many injured when a bomb exploded yesterday outside a popular religious shrine in Bangkok, scattering body parts and debris across the city's commercial core.
The blast hit at around 6.30pm when the streetside shrine was packed with worshippers and tourists.
Thai media reported four foreigners among the dead, including at least two from China and one from the Philippines. Most of those injured were tourists from China and Taiwan, other reports said.
Another 15 mainland tourists were injured during the blast, state-run Xinhua reported late Monday, citing the Chinese embassy.
An emergency response mechanism had been activated, and embassy officials had visited the injured in hospital, the report said.
At least one Hong Kong tourist was injured, suffering wounds to his leg from flying debris. The man's wife said the family was waiting to cross the street near the Erawan Shrine in Chidlom, when they heard the blast ring out from across the street. Their daughter's arm was also slightly injured.
"A lot of people were in the middle of the road, waiting to cross the street … and then the explosion came. It exploded once and we were very frightened and started moving back," she told RTHK. "It was only then we realised [we were] hurt."
She saw bodies and injured people from across the street and described the scene as "chaos".
"When the explosion happened I had no idea what it was and when it went 'boom', we immediately started stepping back," she said.
"My husband was hurt. A piece of lead or something was stuck in [his leg]. All I know was there was a lot of blood spilling out."
Burned out motorbikes lay on the road at the scene of the blast. Photo: AFP
Charred and shattered motorcycles littered the scene, along with hunks of concrete from the shrine, with pools of blood on the pavement and bodies covered by white sheets.
"It was a bomb, I think it was inside a motorcycle ... it was very big, look at the bodies," said one rescue volunteer, who did not want to be named.
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, suspicion was likely to fall on the kingdom's rival political factions. Thailand has been seared by a near-decade of political violence that has left the country deeply divided and seen repeated rounds of deadly street protests and bombings.
Many observers had predicted a fresh round of violence after the military seized power in a coup in May last year, toppling a civilian government led by Yingluck Shinawatra.
A policeman photographs debris from the explosion in central Bangkok. Photo: AP
Thailand's defence minister said the bombers had targeted "foreigners" to try to damage the tourist industry, which is a rare bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economy.
"It was a TNT bomb ... the people who did it targeted foreigners and to damage tourism and the economy," said Prawit Wongsuwong, a former general who is believed to have been one of the key coup-makers.
Thailand is also fighting a festering insurgency in its Muslim-majority southernmost provinces bordering Malaysia. More than 6,400 people - mostly civilians - have been killed there.
In the so-called "Deep South", bombs are a near-daily reality alongside shootings and ambushes of security forces.
Civilians are overwhelmingly the target, but the conflict which sees local rebels calling for greater autonomy from the Thai state has stayed highly localised.
The Erawan is an enormously popular shrine to the Hindu god Brahma but is visited by thousands of Buddhist devotees every day. It is located on a traffic-choked intersection in Bangkok's busy commercial hub and surrounded by three major shopping malls.
Additional reporting by Ernest Kao
why dun you spit it out?
you think it is the act of the clan of the peace , right?
thai opposition will never touch the sacred shrine.
which people attacking other religion site around the world.
Many theories.
I dun discount the fucking illegal junta government creating a crisis just to deflect heat that's been gathering.
Convenient to blame it on southern Moslems separatists.
Choice of target also a red herring as we all know the story of one former pm wanting to destroy this shrine.
Fucking junta behind this is most likely.....
Bomb in Bangkok made of 5kg of TNT: Thai police
BANGKOK - Thai police have said the bomb that exploded at Bangkok's Rajprasong Intersection was made of five kilogrammes of TNT explosive.
A source said the bomb was hidden under a roadside bench in front of the Erawan shrine.
The explosion had a radius of 40 metres, the source added.
The homemade bomb was detonated with an electronic circuit.
Nation TV reported that the death toll rose to 15, and that 77 people were injured.
The Red Cross Society issued an urgent plea for the people to donate blood Tuesday as a lot of blood supplies are needed for the victims of the explosion.
The bomb exploded at 6.55 pm.
BANGKOK - Thai police have said the bomb that exploded at Bangkok's Rajprasong Intersection was made of five kilogrammes of TNT explosive.
A source said the bomb was hidden under a roadside bench in front of the Erawan shrine.
The explosion had a radius of 40 metres, the source added.
The homemade bomb was detonated with an electronic circuit.
Nation TV reported that the death toll rose to 15, and that 77 people were injured.
The Red Cross Society issued an urgent plea for the people to donate blood Tuesday as a lot of blood supplies are needed for the victims of the explosion.
The bomb exploded at 6.55 pm.
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