THAILAND: At least six small bombs explode in Bangkok, killing two, wounding more than 20 people

Record ID: 356744

  • Title: THAILAND: At least six small bombs explode in Bangkok, killing two, wounding more than 20 people
  • Date: 31st December 2006
  • Summary: (BN11) BANGKOK, THAILAND (DECEMBER 31, 2006) (REUTERS) POLICE VEHICLES AND SECURITY OUTSIDE SHOPPING MALL NEAR VICTORY MONUMENT, WHERE BOMB WENT OFF SOLDIER CARRYING RIFLE/POLICEMEN GOING INSIDE AREA CORDONED OFF OUTSIDE SHOPPING MALL WINDOWS DAMAGED BY BLAST/POLICEMEN INVESTIGATING DAMAGE SECURITY PERSONNEL TALKING TO EACH OTHER ONLOOKERS AROUND BLAST SITE, WITH CARS AND
  • Embargoed: 15th January 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVABYVCQOG4UNYQL0WYR3UUX2OWS
  • Story Text: At least six small bombs exploded in Bangkok on Sunday (December 31), killing two people and wounding more than 20, shocking the Thai capital into cancelling some New Year countdown celebrations.
    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombs, which went off within about an hour and included one planted under a seat at a bus stop outside a shopping mall which wounded 17 people, two seriously, they said.
    Police said they did not believe the bombs were the work of militants in the Muslim-majority far south who have set off a series of bombs in towns there during three years of separatist insurgency and who do not issue claims of responsibility.
    Soldiers armed with M-16 assault rifles took over areas around the places where the bombs went off.
    Police then moved in to usher people home. They also pulled the plug on the New Year party on Khao San Road, where many foreign backpackers stay, halting the band in mid-song.
    The bomb outside the shopping mall near the Victory Monument in the centre of the Thai capital appeared to have caused the largest number of injuries.
    "There was a big bang and people started screaming and running. I saw people with blood all over their legs and faces," said Chalermsak Sanbee, 17, who was standing near the bus stop.
    Another went off near a police booth, wounding two people, and a third was placed in a trash can at a market in the port district and wounded five, including a 10-year-old, police said.
    A fourth went off in the parking lot of a shopping mall on the road to Bangkok's new airport.
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