Coss Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 The bombs were hidden in plant pots and detonated by mobile phones, the police said. Photo / Getty Images Two bombs have exploded in the popular Thai seaside resort town of Hua Hin, killing one woman and injuring 10 people, Thai police say. Thursday's explosions happened ahead of a public holiday on Friday to mark the birthday of Queen Sirikit. Hua Hin is a popular upscale Thai resort about 200km south of Bangkok and many people will have gone there for the holiday weekend. The second bomb exploded near a bar at about 10.20pm local time, killing a Thai woman and injuring eight foreigners and one other Thai person, local deputy police chief Samer Yousamran said. The injured are being treated at a local hospital. The first bomb went off about twenty minutes earlier about 50 metres away from the second bomb, he said. Nobody was injured in the first explosion. The bombs were hidden in plant pots and detonated by mobile phones, the police said, according to the BBC's Jonathan Head. Police are investigating and as yet do not know the motive or the identity of the bombers, Yousamran said. The timing suggested it might be an effort to embarrass the military government that took power two years ago. Images etc on Twitter https://twitter.com/...5677824/photo/1 A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok had been in contact with Thai authorities and there was no information to suggest any New Zealanders had been affected by the bombing. There are currently 512 New Zealanders registered on the government website SafeTravel as being in Thailand. The ministry had messaged all registrants. "We are advising New Zealanders in Thailand to exercise a heightened degree of vigilance in public places, follow any instructions issued by the local authorities and monitor the media to stay informed of developments," the spokesman said.​ In a separate incident earlier on Thursday, a bomb exploded at a market in the southern Trang province in Thailand, injuring six people, police said. Police believe that explosion was related to a local dispute. Thais voted less than a week ago in a referendum to adopt a military-backed constitution, the first test of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the ballot box since he seized power in a coup in May 2014. Thailand's 88 year-old King Bhumibol Adulayadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, and his wife Sirikit are in hospital in Bangkok but have resided in recent years in Hua Hin at the Klai Kangwon Palace royal palace, which translates as "Far from Worries Palace". - APP http://www.nzherald....jectid=11692213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 There was also a bomb in Trang that killed one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 UPDATE at 9am: Explosions at 4 locations across #Thailand so far: Trang, Hua Hin, Surat Thani and Phuket. Three dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 TVisa reports two more explosions in Hua Hin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 It's close to the anniversary of the Erewan Shrine bombing. I suspect that is more than a coincidence. Inshallah ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yfs Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hellooooooooooooooooooo Vietnam ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hell, no ... Vietnam! I later counted up that I'd been under hostile fire more than 50 times there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1059860/timeline-bombs-fires-rock-southern-provinces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 What's (really) going on? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hellooooooooooooooooooo Vietnam ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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