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2015 Bangkok bombing
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A bomb attack took place on 17 August 2015 outside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-five people were killed and 123 were injured. Police are hunting a suspect, the man could be of "mixed origin", who left a backpack at the scene shortly before the explosion. Thailand's chief of police said the attack was carried out by a network and issued a sketch of the suspect. Police are also saying that two other people seen on images captured by closed-circuit television were being treated as suspects.
Previous bombings
In February 2014, two bombs exploded on the Ratchaprasong Skywalk outside the nearby Siam Paragon shopping mall, injuring two people. The attack was believed to have been politically motivated. In April 2015, a car bomb exploded in Ko Samui injuring seven.
Attack
On 17 August 2015, at 18:55 ICT (11:55 UTC), a bomb exploded inside the grounds of the Erawan Shrine, near the busy Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok's city centre. The Royal Thai Police said that 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) of TNT had been stuffed in a pipe and left under a bench near the outer rim of the grounds surrounding the shrine, and that an electronic circuit suspected to have been used in the attack was found 30 metres (98 ft) from the scene.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The attacks are thought to have been targeting Thailand's tourism and economy.
Second incident
In a separate attack in Bangkok, an explosive device was thrown from a boat pier shortly after 13:00 ICT on 18 August 2015, but it caused no injuries. The device, possibly a grenade, appeared to have been thrown at the busy Sathon pier in Bangkok but landed in water where it exploded harmlessly. "If it did not fall in the water then it certainly would have caused injuries," said the district's deputy police chief.
Victims:
Victims by nationality
Nation Deaths
Thailand 10
Malaysia 5
China 4
Hong Kong SAR 2
Indonesia 1
Philippines 1
Singapore 1
United Kingdom 1
Total 25
Most of the victims of the explosion were tourists visiting the shrine. The Royal Thai Police reported that twenty-one people were killed, including 10 Thais, four Chinese, two people from Hong Kong, five Malaysians, one Filipino and one Singaporean. Subsequently two more fatalities were added, one Indonesian and a third from Hong Kong. One of the people from Hong Kong was a female British national. Twelve of the fatalities died at the scene of the blast. Thai police also reported that 123 people had been injured, including three tourists each from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Suspect
Investigators said they were "certain" that a man shown leaving a backpack at the scene of the explosion was responsible for the blast. The security camera footage, which has been broadcast internationally, showed the man in shorts and a yellow t-shirt taking off a dark-coloured backpack while sitting on a bench and then stood up and walked away while looking at his phone.
Reaction
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha called it the "worst-ever attack" on his country, saying, "there have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aim for innocent lives. They want to destroy our economy, our tourism."
Twenty-three nations issued Thailand travel advisories in the wake of the bombing.
See also
Terrorism in Thailand
List of terrorist incidents, 2015
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Bangkok_bombing
A bomb attack took place on 17 August 2015 outside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-five people were killed and 123 were injured. Police are hunting a suspect, the man could be of "mixed origin", who left a backpack at the scene shortly before the explosion. Thailand's chief of police said the attack was carried out by a network and issued a sketch of the suspect. Police are also saying that two other people seen on images captured by closed-circuit television were being treated as suspects.
Previous bombings
In February 2014, two bombs exploded on the Ratchaprasong Skywalk outside the nearby Siam Paragon shopping mall, injuring two people. The attack was believed to have been politically motivated. In April 2015, a car bomb exploded in Ko Samui injuring seven.
Attack
On 17 August 2015, at 18:55 ICT (11:55 UTC), a bomb exploded inside the grounds of the Erawan Shrine, near the busy Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok's city centre. The Royal Thai Police said that 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) of TNT had been stuffed in a pipe and left under a bench near the outer rim of the grounds surrounding the shrine, and that an electronic circuit suspected to have been used in the attack was found 30 metres (98 ft) from the scene.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The attacks are thought to have been targeting Thailand's tourism and economy.
Second incident
In a separate attack in Bangkok, an explosive device was thrown from a boat pier shortly after 13:00 ICT on 18 August 2015, but it caused no injuries. The device, possibly a grenade, appeared to have been thrown at the busy Sathon pier in Bangkok but landed in water where it exploded harmlessly. "If it did not fall in the water then it certainly would have caused injuries," said the district's deputy police chief.
Victims:
Victims by nationality
Nation Deaths
Thailand 10
Malaysia 5
China 4
Hong Kong SAR 2
Indonesia 1
Philippines 1
Singapore 1
United Kingdom 1
Total 25
Most of the victims of the explosion were tourists visiting the shrine. The Royal Thai Police reported that twenty-one people were killed, including 10 Thais, four Chinese, two people from Hong Kong, five Malaysians, one Filipino and one Singaporean. Subsequently two more fatalities were added, one Indonesian and a third from Hong Kong. One of the people from Hong Kong was a female British national. Twelve of the fatalities died at the scene of the blast. Thai police also reported that 123 people had been injured, including three tourists each from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Suspect
Investigators said they were "certain" that a man shown leaving a backpack at the scene of the explosion was responsible for the blast. The security camera footage, which has been broadcast internationally, showed the man in shorts and a yellow t-shirt taking off a dark-coloured backpack while sitting on a bench and then stood up and walked away while looking at his phone.
Reaction
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha called it the "worst-ever attack" on his country, saying, "there have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aim for innocent lives. They want to destroy our economy, our tourism."
Twenty-three nations issued Thailand travel advisories in the wake of the bombing.
See also
Terrorism in Thailand
List of terrorist incidents, 2015