Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has said the bombing of a shrine in the capital, Bangkok, on Monday was the “worst ever attack” on the country.
The attack killed at least 21 people, including foreigners, and scores were injured.
Mr Prayuth said the perpetrators had not been identified, but that police were investigating one suspect seen on security footage at the shrine.
The bomb targeted the Erawan Hindu shrine, a major tourist attraction.
It was detonated at about 19:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Monday when the shrine, and the busy Ratchaprasong junction where it is located, were crowded.
“This is the worst incident that has ever happened in Thailand,” Mr Prayuth said.
“There have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aim for innocent lives. They want to destroy our economy, our tourism.”
He said there was “a suspect who appeared on CCTV but it’s not clear” and the man was being investigated.
The BBC’s Jonathan Head in Bangkok said the shrine is surrounded by security cameras and members of the public are handing in their own coverage to the authorities.
He says the bomb was clearly placed to cause maximum casualties, and that Thailand is experiencing a profound sense of shock that this could happen in the heart of their capital.
BBC
Pwanya Nini
August 18, 2015 at 3:53 pm
~ERIC CHANDA’S PENIS WOULD SHOCK HIS MOTHER – THE POST~
“If the dead can wake up today, ba nina ba Eric Chanda ngabalibukile lelo, she would be surprised to see how her son uyu batushile ,ba Eric Chanda, akabamba kachili same.The guy has a small penis of 1 – 2 inches since he was 5 years old.His face has changed loads and he has developed sausage fingers bigger than his penis holding a wooden cross .However, despite pubes on groin being thick & curly with larger testes , his ka penis is still small and has no girth or length.
On the other note, ba Micheal Sata would be shocked to see that ba Edgar Lungu has quickly developed a “pot belly” just within short time of being in a government, while ba Eric Chanda has only developed sausage fingers which cannot completely hold his wooden cross & his ever growing pubes has completely covered his ka “doll” underneath that lice is seen itching the area in which Fred Mumbwe told him to scream Lungu everytime it itches otherwise mere scratching of the scrotum won’t solve the issue but to vuvuzela it via The post …Yikes!!!
New Educated Zambia©❤√
August 18, 2015 at 9:51 pm
lungu has to be careful with all his globe trotting because in this day and age one is not safe in foreign lands.