Bangkok explosions leave two dead
By Kelvin Goh,WNS Thailand Bureau Chief
BANGKOK - A series of bomb or grenade explosions in the Thai capital has killed two people and injured about 30 others, including at least eight foreigners. A first spate of six attacks occurred at sites across Bangkok as streets were filling up late afternoon local time ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. Just before midnight, at least two further blasts rocked the city centre. The Thai authorities had cancelled all public celebrations for New Year's Eve after the first devices went off.
The latest explosions occurred near the Central World Plaza, a shopping mall close to where the biggest New Year's event was to have been held. The area had already been cleared. However the blasts caught several foreign tourists. Two British men, three Hungarians, two Serbs and an American are receiving hospital treatment but none were thought to be in a serious condition, officials quoted by Reuters news agency said. Of the earlier attacks, the largest was at about 1730 (1030 GMT) near a bus station next to one of Bangkok's busiest intersections, Victory Monument.
Police said this caused the biggest number of casualties, injuring at least 13 people and killing one. Reports suggest the device was planted beneath a seat at a bus stop or in a rubbish bin. One witness who was standing nearby, 17-year-old Chalermsak Sanbee told Reuters news agency: "There was a big bang and people started screaming and running. I saw people with blood all over their legs and faces."
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