The bombs reportedly exploded in the following locations:
Victory Monument (in Thai "Anusawari Chai")
- Time: about 6.30 pm
- The bomb was near a bus station outside the Dok Yai bookstore.
- The bomb was placed in a trashcan
- A tree broke in the explosion
- 15 injured, reported as 9 females and 4 male
- 1 Thai national, Mr. Songkran Kanchana killed as confirmed by authorities
Saphan Kwai
- Near the Big C supermarket
- A witness saw a man dropped a grenade from a pedestrian bridge just over the police box.
- The roof of the police box has a big hole.
- 2 people injured
- 1 person seriously injured.
Saphan Kwai BTS station
- Bomb found before it exploded.
Seacon Square
- Time 18:42
- At the Seacon Square Shopping Mall, a loud explosion went off at the parking space, creating a panic but no injury.
- Authorities ordered all shoppers to evacuate the mall, one of Bangkok largest, and all shops to close down for business.
- The explosion was at the motorcycle parking lot.
- No injuries reported.
In Seacon Square, a cleaner saw a can of potato chips of the Sprinkle brand. She took it with the intention of eating it, but then noticed there was a cable into the can. She then gave the can to a security guard, Mr. Vitoon Imnapae who took it outside to the small park. Here, he placed it on the ground and walked back to find a tire to lay around it to protect it if it was a bomb. Then it exploded. A person walking neaby got hurt.
Klong Toey
- Bomb exploded at the fresh market near the Na Ranong intersection.
- The bomb was hidden in a trash can near a Chinese spirit shrine exploded.
- The explosion caused a secondary explosion to a number of cookinggas cylinders that were situated nearby.
- 5 people injured, four adults and one girl 12 years hit in the leg
- Update 20.45: 7 injured
- 2 people reportedly killed
Khae Rai
- Bomb exploded at the Khae Rai intersection in Nonthaburi province just north of Bangkok
- The bomb was placed in a trash can near the police box
- No injuries.
- Police said the closed circuit TV monitors went out of action about 3 hours before.
Sukhumvit Soi 62
- Time: 18:30
- The bomb exploded at thre expressway intersection
- Glas shattered in two houses.
- One car which had just come down from the express way was damaged.
- No reported injuries
Yaowarat
- Time 18:50
Macro on Chaengwattana
Confusion:
- Reported bomb said to be an empty threat.
- Update: Bomb did explode, not a hoax.
Major Cineplex, Rachayothin
- The bomb was reported at around 21.00
- The bomb was placed in a trashcan on second floor in the car park.
A grenade was lobbed into a mosque in Chiang Mai, the attack happened in the morning.
A security source at the Government House said the old power clique was behind the simultaneous bomb attacks in Bangkok.
The source from an intelligence agency said the intelligence agencies had learnt about the plan of the old clique to create disturbance toward the yearend.
The source said Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont was on standby in Bangkok because he expected the attacks.
The Thai Rak Thai Party was not behind the series of bombs that rocked Bangkok last night, said the party deputy speaker Chatuphon Promphan.
A security source said the Council for National Security may order the seizure of assets of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to cut money supply for financing disturbance in the country.
The source said the CNS believed Thaksin was behind the series of seven bomb attacks in Bangkok Sunday evening.
The source said the CNS noted many bombs were launched at police booths but none of police officers were injured.
Initial speculation was that the bombs were either the work of Muslim rebels from Thailand's troubled deep south or of groups opposed to the current military-installed government after a junta ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on September 19.
Political analysts were more inclined to blame the bombs on disgruntled supporters of Thaksin than on Muslim militants, arguing that the coordinated attacks were beyond the operational capacity of the southern separatists who have in the past limited their activities to Thailand's three southernmost provinces.
Bombs in Bangkok
That's why it was a hoax, just like the bomb hoax at Chiang Mai's Tesco and Carefour today....regi wrote:Dear SN,
As far as I remember Yaowarat is the main road in China Town and at least 10 km south of Chaeng Wattana. (which is in fact already in Nonthaburi province. It is the road right with the first traffic lights when you come from Don Muang airport )
Just a small detail.