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Multiple rush hour explosions injure pedestrians in Bangkok

2019-08-02 27 Dailymotion

Multiples explosions rocked central Bangkok this morning (August 2) injuring two people a day after a suspected bomb was found outside police headquarters.<br /><br />There were two explosions during morning rush hour at the BTS Chong Nonsi station, one in Phra Ram 9 road and one at the government's Changwattana building.<br /><br />The blasts were all heard at around 8:30 am where two female street cleaners were hurt and treated at the scene of the BTS Chong Nonsi station.<br /><br />The government's Changwattana building in northern Bangkok, Thailand, is visited every day by thousands of tourists making visa applications. <br /><br />A concrete bench was destroyed after the blast there.<br /><br />Police closed down the area next to the transport systems while they investigated the blasts. <br /><br />They were also checking the King Power building in Bangkok - owners of Leicester City - and key establishment figures in Thailand.<br /><br />Police said all the devices were homemade. At least one of the devices was a ping pong ball packed with ball bearings.<br /><br />A spokesman of the Thai Royal Police Police, Colonel Kritsana Pattanacharoen said: "There is total four places of the events, first is the bomb at Rama 9, at BTS Chong Nonsri, government centre at Chaengwattana, and also there is a fire in the dawn at Pratunam. <br /><br /> "Now the police are investigating for any connection between these incidents. And the yesterday bomb at Thai royal police might also be the same serial incident."<br /><br />Pictures show soil strewn across the pavement at BTS Chong Nonsi station while a second blast there shattered the glass on the monorail sky train. <br /><br />Part of a concrete wall was damaged and smoke was also seen rising from an area next to trees lining the road where the explosion happened.<br /><br />The blast this morning came after a package stuffed with electronics, ball bearings and a green flashing light was left outside the police headquarters last night.<br /><br />Last night, CCTV showed a young man in a yellow shirt placing the device outside the Royal Thai Police headquarters at 5.35 pm local time.<br /><br />Roads in the area were closed causing traffic chaos. While the monorail outside the building was closed for commuters, leaving hundreds stranded on the platform.<br /><br />Colonel Kritsana Pattanacharoen, the deputy spokesman from the Royal Thai Police, said: ''We found a tube used for snacks but inside there was nothing that could cause an explosion. <br /><br />''The suspect might only wanted to have caused panic. <br /><br />''There was a small amount of ball bearings in both boxes. <br /><br />"There were two boxes in different places and both were in front of the police department.<br /><br />''The area was closed and bomb disposal experts made the area secure.''

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