At least 19 people have been killed and 123 injured after a bomb exploded outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok at about 7pm local time.
According to police a bomb made from a pipe wrapped in cloth exploded at the Erawan shrine in Chidlom, an upmarket district of the Thai capital, as it was packed with tourists and locals.
So far the death toll includes 10 Thais, one Chinese and one Filipino. The nationality of the other people killed in the attack is not yet clear.
Overburdened hospitals were forced to call on volunteers to give blood and also for Chinese interpreters as so many of those hurt in the attack were from that country.
Whether the bomb exploded inside or outside Erawan shrine is also not yet known. It was first assumed to have been attached to a motorbike parked outside, but one agency quoted a police official as saying the bomb exploded in the shrine.
Oliver Holmes, the Guardian’s south-east Asia reporter, who is based in Bangkok, was quickly on the scene. He saw dozens of ambulances treating the injured and police scouring the area with torches in case more bombs had been planted.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Thai deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwon told reporters: “We are not sure if it is politically motivated, but they aim to harm our economy and we will hunt them down.”
At least 19 people have been killed and 123 injured after a bomb exploded outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok at about 7pm local time.According to police a bomb made from a pipe wrapped in cloth exploded at the Erawan shrine in Chidlom, an upmarket district of the Thai capital, as it was packed with tourists and locals.So far the death toll includes 10 Thais, one Chinese and one Filipino. The nationality of the other people killed in the attack is not yet clear.Overburdened hospitals were forced to call on volunteers to give blood and also for Chinese interpreters as so many of those hurt in the attack were from that country.Whether the bomb exploded inside or outside Erawan shrine is also not yet known. It was first assumed to have been attached to a motorbike parked outside, but one agency quoted a police official as saying the bomb exploded in the shrine.Oliver Holmes, the Guardian’s south-east Asia reporter, who is based in Bangkok, was quickly on the scene. He saw dozens of ambulances treating the injured and police scouring the area with torches in case more bombs had been planted.No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Thai deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwon told reporters: “We are not sure if it is politically motivated, but they aim to harm our economy and we will hunt them down.”
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