Bomb blasts kill 5, wound 100 in Bangkok

11:17, 23 April 2010

BANGKOK. April 23. KAZINFORM At least five people died and some 100 others were injured in a series of bomb blasts that hit Bangkok's main financial district of Silom on Thursday night, media sources said; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

Police has captured six suspects in Silom area and investigation is under way, Nation TV said late Thursday night, hours after the blasts.

Among the targets of the series of blasts, the Headquarters of Bangkok Bank, Thailand's largest commercial bank, was hit by a bomb, leaving more than 20 injured, local media reported.

The blast occurred around 09:00 p.m., following three explosions that hit the third floor of Sala Daeng skytrain station, the sky walk and Dusit Thani hotel.

Sansern Kaewkamnerd, spokesman for the Center for the Resolutions of Emergency Situations or CRES confirmed that the explosions were caused by M-79 grenades.

Unidentified gunmen fired M-79 grenades from the Chulalongkorn Hospital's fifth floor, witness said.

The blasts occurred just minutes after 08:00 p.m., 500 meters from where the multicolored people were confronting with the "red- shirts" protesters at the Sala Daeng Intersection, the Nation news group said; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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