Deadly bomb attack rocks Bangkok amid protests
Source: France 24
At least two people have died, including a young boy, when a bomb went off in busy shopping district in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Sunday, authorities have reported.
The explosion took place hours after supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had promised to get tough with demonstrators, paralysing parts of the city, but it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.
The bomb detonated near one of the few large protest sites remaining, leaving a trail of blood near the huge Central World shopping mall, much of it in front of a shop selling tee-shirts emblazoned “Land of Smile”.
Three children suffered serious head injuries, Erawan Medical Center, which monitors Bangkok hospitals, said. One died.
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