Bomb blast rocks central Bangkok in Thailand

Posted by On August 17, 2015 0 Comment

Bangkok: A bomb exploded in the centre of the Thailand capital on Monday, police said, and local media reported 12 people were killed and 20 wounded.

According to officials the bomb went off outside the Erawan Shrine in the downtown Chidlom district of the Thai capital. Royal Thai Police Lieutenant General Prawut Thawornsiri confirmed that the blast was caused by a bomb.

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 main road through Bangkok’s commercial hub and is surrounded by three major shopping malls.

Police and ambulances rushed to the scene after the bomb went off around 7pm (1200 GMT, 1730 IST) local time.

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