Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:14 am Post subject: Second bombing wave aims at tourists
Second bombing wave aims at tourists
Midnight bombs wound many foreign visitors
(BangkokPost.com)
A new wave of bombings hit Bangkok right at the New Year, wounding several foreigners and Thais celebrating in top tourist areas of Bangkok.
Two bombs went off near the Central World Plaza in central Bangkok, severely wounding at least four foreigners and two Thais as they ate at the popular Best Seafood restaurant on the bank of Klong (Canal) Saen Saeb.
Witnesses said the explosion ripped off the leg of one of the western visitors, and others were also badly wounded.
Almost at the same time, another explosion went off at the sidewalk level of stairs leading to the pedestrian overpass leading to the Central World Plaza, where a huge New Year's Eve public party had been scheduled and then cancelled.
Authorities said the second explosion wounded both foreigners and Thais passing by.
A third bomb was reported half an hour into the new year at a bar at Khao San Road, the main area for budget travellers. Police evacuated that area after the explosion, and cleared shoppers and vendors from the Lumpini Night Bazaar after they found and defused a bomb just before it went off.
At last two British citizens were among those seriously wounded, and were being treated at a Bangkok hospital, said the Foreign Office in London. Authorities already had warned British travellers not to travel around Bangkok "unless absolutely necessary" after the first round of bomb attacks. _________________ Asia Expats Forum Expat Friends Dating
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