Second grenade attack in Bangkok
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July 31, 2010, Saturday
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A GRENADE exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early yesterday, injuring one person and rattling the Thai capital less than a week after a similar blast left a bystander dead and several more in hospital.
Authorities have declined to speculate if the explosions are linked to the country's ongoing political turbulence.
The latest grenade was hidden in a garbage bag and placed alongside other trash bags in front of a residential building opposite the King Power duty-free shopping center in the Din Daeng neighborhood of Bangkok, said a police spokesman. It exploded at 1:30am and seriously injured a bystander.
"The bomb squad found the safety pin of a grenade amid the debris at the crime scene and the area was reeking with petrol," he said, adding that investigators had not determined how the blast was triggered.
On Sunday, a grenade exploded near a bus stop in another part of downtown Bangkok, killing one person and wounding 10.
Thailand has been wracked by political turmoil for the past four years, with tensions coming to a head in April and May when some 90 people were killed and more than 1,400 were injured during two months of protests in central Bangkok. The protesters were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and only cleared the streets when the army moved in on May 19.
Abhisit's government imposed a state of emergency, which has been lifted in six provinces but kept in place in Bangkok and nine other provinces.
Members of the opposition have accused the government of using the state of emergency to persecute political opponents and speculated that the grenade attacks could be the work of those wanting the emergency powers extended.
Authorities have declined to speculate if the explosions are linked to the country's ongoing political turbulence.
The latest grenade was hidden in a garbage bag and placed alongside other trash bags in front of a residential building opposite the King Power duty-free shopping center in the Din Daeng neighborhood of Bangkok, said a police spokesman. It exploded at 1:30am and seriously injured a bystander.
"The bomb squad found the safety pin of a grenade amid the debris at the crime scene and the area was reeking with petrol," he said, adding that investigators had not determined how the blast was triggered.
On Sunday, a grenade exploded near a bus stop in another part of downtown Bangkok, killing one person and wounding 10.
Thailand has been wracked by political turmoil for the past four years, with tensions coming to a head in April and May when some 90 people were killed and more than 1,400 were injured during two months of protests in central Bangkok. The protesters were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and only cleared the streets when the army moved in on May 19.
Abhisit's government imposed a state of emergency, which has been lifted in six provinces but kept in place in Bangkok and nine other provinces.
Members of the opposition have accused the government of using the state of emergency to persecute political opponents and speculated that the grenade attacks could be the work of those wanting the emergency powers extended.
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