Explosion in Bangkok?! (Confirmed)

originally posted by: Doodle19815
a reply to: anonymous1legion

Dang! That would make 5 bombs then according to my count!

well this is only the second actually confirmed, alot of confusion at the moment

a reply to: anonymous1legion

Oh, ok. I thought they had also defused (or whatever it is called) 3 more.

bbc saying 27 souls lost now, this is saddening just keeps rising

a reply to: BASSPLYR

Whoa! Apparently in my sheltered life, I miss A LOT! I had no idea any of that was happening!

it was a body as bbc are now editing their footage, just a warning to other members

a reply to: Doodle19815

it's what they told me. either way I'm worried with all the bombs they are finding. i hope they find them all and nobody else gets hurt. hope my friend has enough sense to fly out a day or so early.

a reply to: anonymous1legion

How very very sad... Glad they are scrubbing the footage then. Normally, I would say to show everything. But, in this case, there is no need for it.

BTW - Good eye!

a reply to: BASSPLYR

I will keep your friend in my thoughts. If they are anything like my family member though, they will ride it out.

"Reports of at least 80 injured and 27 reportedly killed after a bomb exploded at the Ratchaprasong intersection in central Bangkok. "

"• A bomb exploded on Monday in central Bangkok
• Local media say 27 dead, including four foreigners and 80 wounded
• Reports of a motorcycle bomb not true, Telegraph told
• The explosion was near the important Erawan shrine"

www.telegraph.co.uk...

Twitter's saying the dead are Chinese and Taiwanese tourists.

Tweet

a reply to: Kandinsky

since they were targeting Chinese maybe it's a retalatory response to the sending of Chinese Muslims back to China instead of Turkey or usa after all?

also there are a lot of Chinese living in thailand. the Bangkok China town scene has close relations to both wealthy business men, police and Chinese triads. coukd have also veen an assault on the red shirts by yellow shirt loyalists. many yellow shirts were/are Thai spec. forces loyal to the royal family.

a reply to: BASSPLYR
Looks like they are calling it an act of terrorism against their tourism.

""The perpetrators intended to destroy the economy and tourism because the incident occurred in the heart of the tourism district," Prawit Wongsuwan, defence minister, told Reuters."
www.telegraph.co.uk...

a reply to: BASSPLYR

Hey, you know more about the place than I do. Keep us informed.

I guess a major problem with detonating bombs in public spaces is not knowing exactly who's gonna get hit.

a reply to: BASSPLYR

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Over 60 injured were but there were no Westerners: Chinese, Singaporean, Filipino, Malay and Thai of course. However, there have been casualties taken to other hospitals as well."
www.telegraph.co.uk...
Hope that offers you some relief. I know there are other hospitals, but at least there aren't any "westerners" at this one.

LiveLeak vid of the moment bomb went off (new angle).........

a reply to: Sublimecraft

Whoa, that looked pretty massive! Things burned up in the air for quite a bit longer than I would have expected. (Not that I know much about explosives.)

Rod of God obviously.

Some good friends of mine with two children with them walked a day before on the same spot where that bomb exploded .
As they told me just back from their trip to Thailand.

So weird if hear such things that you almost forget that it could be happening to you...

a reply to: 0bserver1

Glad they were safe! And yes, that is one heck of a wake up call to reality.