Bomb blast in Bangkok hospital injures 24 people on Monday morning. Police found traces of a battery and electric wiring used to make the bomb. Just a week after 50 people were injured in the bombing of a shopping centre
Dozens were injured when a bomb exploded at a hospital in Bangkok just days after a devastating blast ripped through a shopping centre in southern Thailand. The bomb went off in a reception room for retired civil servants at the Phramongkutklao Hospital about 11am on Monday.
Police said pieces of the bomb, including traces of a battery and electric wiring, were found at the scene.
'It's confirmed to be a bomb. We must convene a meeting before saying anything further, but at this time, I can confirm it was a bomb,' Deputy police commissioner Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said. Kamthorn Aucharoen, commander of the police's explosive ordnance team said: 'It was a bomb. We found the pieces that were used to make the bomb,' according to the Independent.
Three people received serious shrapnel injuries to the face and neck, but most of the victims had minor wounds, a government spokesman said.
The explosion was just a week after 50 people were wounded when two bombs were detonated in a shopping centre in Pattani, in Thailand's south.
Another bomb last week injured two people outside the National Theatre.
Monday's attack was also the third anniversary of a military coup that brought the ruling military regime to power.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast or if it was connected to the anniversary of the coup in 2014 that replaced Thailand's elected government.
'Please don't connect this with any other incidents because they may or may not be connected,' the government spokesman said. 'We have to wait for officials to investigate details from surveillance cameras in the area.'
By Nic White and Max Margan
Source: Dailymail
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