Thread: Bangkok Bombing August 2015

Lots of reports on social media of a car bomb at Ratchaprasong junction tonight. With video (from distance)

Any news reports on it?

Just watching it on BBC, just came through there 3 hours ago.

I'd go up there now but on the piss.

Will get there first thing tomorrow and take some pics.

BBC news says 12 dead.

Lots of ambulances heading in that direction

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

BBC news says 12 dead.

fark.

Originally Posted by terry57

Just watching it on BBC, just came through there 3 hours ago.

Suppose the story has to be put together by The General before any Thai media can report it.

Apparently it was right on the Erawan shrine. ( Spelling )

That will really freak out the locals because it's sacred ground.

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

BBC news says 12 dead.

Very sad.

I would have expected a no one injured false flag operation of some kind. Very sad to know that lives have been lost.

^^^

Jesus Mao,

You really are such a sad fuker.

Bad news.

Originally Posted by terry57

Apparently it was right on the Erawan shrine. ( Spelling )

That will really freak out the locals because it's sacred ground.

A local went Jetli on that shrine once, smashing it up, he was pulled down and stomped to death by three locals.

No charges were ever filed by the police.


apparently, and I'm going off old memory here, it is the deity and shrine for wealth, be good to it and wealth will come your way. Which might explain the over attention it gets from the Thais.

Originally Posted by terry57

^^^

Jesus Mao,

You really are such a sad fuker.

Car bomb in the capital city.
A dozen dead.
Reported on international news sites 3 hours ago.

Still nothing on it from the country's 2 main media outlets (The Nation and BKK Post).

Wow scary. What the hell is this about now? Violence from the south or more local political issues.

We go to the shrine at least once a week when in Bangkok.
Bad news RIP to all that have been killed.

Originally Posted by Moonraker

Here: https://www.periscope.tv/w/aKHJpjIxN...7z0_MwP3K5QA==

Says theyre expecting another blast

There has been a large explosion close to a shrine in the centre of the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Local TV initially reported five dead and 20 injured and quoted police as saying it was caused by a bomb.
The BBC's Jonathan Head, who is at the scene, says there is a huge amount of chaos, with body parts scattered everywhere.
The attack took place close to the Erawan Shrine in the capital's central Chidlom district.

Was just telling a friend about Periscope, brilliant app that. Scene looks pretty crazy.

just heard a loud bang outside mine, got to the window and saw a flash of lightning, thank fock

My wife's office is on Wireless Rd. her and her friends are always around there, In fact they heard the blast from the office.

More Red Shirt Bull Shit, or what?

This in 8 minutes ago;

A bomb has exploded close to a shrine in the centre of the Thai capital, Bangkok, police say.

Local reports suggest at least 12 people have died and dozens have been injured.

The BBC's Jonathan Head, who is at the scene, says there is a huge amount of chaos, with body parts scattered everywhere.

The attack took place close to the Erawan Shrine in the capital's central Chidlom district.

It took place at about 19:00 local time (12:00 GMT).
'Burnt motorbikes'

Our correspondent says this a very well known shrine in the centre of Bangkok, next to a five-star hotel.

He says people around the shrine were hit by the full force of the blast.

There are burnt motorbikes on the main road, with paramedics and police trying to take the injured away, he says.

The shrine is to the Hindu god Brahma but is also visited by thousands of Buddhists each day.

National police spokesman Lt Gen Prawut Thavornsiri told Agence France-Presse news agency: "I can confirm it was a bomb, we can't tell which kind yet, we are checking."

The explosion was on the Rajprasong intersection, which has been the centre of political demonstrations in recent years.

Our correspondent says bomb attacks in Bangkok are extremely rare.

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