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Nine wounded in bombing at Ratchaprasong bus stop
BANGKOK, July 25 – Nine people were wounded in a bombing outside a Big C department store branch in Ratchadamri, closed since it was partially burned in the May violence.
The bomb exploded in trash at the bus stop across from Isetan Department Store, wounding nine people including seven men and two women. The injured were sent to nearby hospitals. Two of them were seriously wounded and two buses were damaged.
Access to Big C is not possible at the site, formerly one of the most crowded bus stops in the capital.
Pol Maj-Gen Anuchai Lekbumrung, commander of Metropolitan Police Division 5 and other police officers rushed to the scene. Police initially believed it was a remote-controlled bomb as a witness reported a sound of a working bomb circuit before the explosion.
The area was cordoned off for inspection to gather evidence. Nearby traders and vendors closed their shops and sidewalk stands for safety.
Four lanes of traffic from Ratchaprasong intersection to Pratunam intersection have been closed.
The bombing occurred as the state of emergency remains in place in the capital and other 15 provinces.
Imposed since April in response to the movement of the anti-government United Front United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the state of emergency was lifted earlier in eight provinces.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday morning said in his weekly TV and radio address that the emergency decree would be gradually lifted, adding that much of the public and some security-related agencies believe the decree is still needed because some areas remain infiltrated by anti-government elements.
Big C Ratchadamri, one of shopping complexes in Ratchaprasong, was forced to close about durng the UDD mass rally. The protesters occupied Ratchaprasong intersection from April 3 to May 19. The protest leaders ended the protest following a military operation which forced the demonstrators to abandon the site. (MCOT online news)
The bomb exploded in trash at the bus stop across from Isetan Department Store, wounding nine people including seven men and two women. The injured were sent to nearby hospitals. Two of them were seriously wounded and two buses were damaged.
Access to Big C is not possible at the site, formerly one of the most crowded bus stops in the capital.
Pol Maj-Gen Anuchai Lekbumrung, commander of Metropolitan Police Division 5 and other police officers rushed to the scene. Police initially believed it was a remote-controlled bomb as a witness reported a sound of a working bomb circuit before the explosion.
The area was cordoned off for inspection to gather evidence. Nearby traders and vendors closed their shops and sidewalk stands for safety.
Four lanes of traffic from Ratchaprasong intersection to Pratunam intersection have been closed.
The bombing occurred as the state of emergency remains in place in the capital and other 15 provinces.
Imposed since April in response to the movement of the anti-government United Front United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the state of emergency was lifted earlier in eight provinces.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday morning said in his weekly TV and radio address that the emergency decree would be gradually lifted, adding that much of the public and some security-related agencies believe the decree is still needed because some areas remain infiltrated by anti-government elements.
Big C Ratchadamri, one of shopping complexes in Ratchaprasong, was forced to close about durng the UDD mass rally. The protesters occupied Ratchaprasong intersection from April 3 to May 19. The protest leaders ended the protest following a military operation which forced the demonstrators to abandon the site. (MCOT online news)
