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' Asiaone | Erawan Shrine Reopening'
The 2015 Bangkok bombing took place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand on 17 August 2015. Twenty people died and 125 were injured. Surveillance footage showed a suspect leaving a backpack at the scene shortly before the explosion. To date, the suspect in the surveillance footage has not been arrested.
Prior incidents
Prior to this bombing incident, there were two other bombings in Thailand in the same year. In February 2015, two bombs exploded on the Ratchaprasong Skywalk outside the nearby Siam Paragon shopping mall, injuring three people. The attack was believed to have been politically motivated. In April 2015, a car bomb exploded in Ko Samui, injuring seven.
Attack
On 17 August 2015, at 18:55 ICT (11:55 UTC), a bomb exploded inside the grounds of the Erawan Shrine, near the busy Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok's city centre. The Royal Thai Police said that 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) of TNT had been stuffed in a pipe and left under a bench near the outer rim of the grounds surrounding the shrine, and that an electronic circuit suspected to have been used in the attack was found 30 metres (98 ft) from the scene.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The attacks are thought to have been targeting Thailand's tourism and economy.
Second incident
In a separate attack in Bangkok, an explosive device was thrown from a bridge near a boat pier shortly after 13:00 ICT on 18 August 2015, but it caused no injuries. The device, possibly a grenade, appeared to have been thrown at the busy Sathon pier in Bangkok but landed in water where it exploded. The district's deputy police chief said, "If it did not fall in the water then it certainly would have caused injuries." Some damage was done to the bridge.
Victims
Most of the victims of the explosion were tourists visiting the shrine. The Royal Thai Police reported that 20 people died and 125 had been injured. The dead included six Thais, five Malaysians, four mainland Chinese, two Hong Kongers (including one British national resident in Hong Kong), one Indonesian, and one Singaporean. In addition, citizens of Japan, Malaysia, the Maldives, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar and Taiwan were among those injured.
Suspects
Investigators said they were "certain" that a man shown leaving a backpack at the scene of the explosion was responsible for the blast. The security camera footage, which has been broadcast internationally, shows the man in shorts and a yellow t-shirt taking off a dark-coloured backpack while sitting on a bench and then standing up, putting the backpack underneath the bench and walking away while looking at his phone. The suspect likely had arrived by tuk-tuk from an alley near Hua Lamphong.
Thailand's chief of police said the attack was carried out by a network and issued a sketch of the suspect. Police are also saying that two other people seen in the same footage were being treated as suspects. The Thai government has said that it was "unlikely" to have been the work of an international terror group. Police said that at least 10 people are suspected of involvement in the attack.
Later on, a taxi driver confirmed that he picked up the suspect, however the suspect was "not in a hurry. He seemed to be calm, like a regular customer, and not Thai. He also spoke in an unclear language on the way.
Reaction
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called it the "worst-ever attack" on his country, saying, "there have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aim for innocent lives. They want to destroy our economy, our tourism.
- Unquote Wikipedia
Photos: Erawan Shrine, Rajaprasong, Bangkok, Thailand
19-21. August 2015
© Andy Zingo Photography
Contact: AndyZingoPhotography@gmail.com
' Asiaone | Erawan Shrine Reopening'
The 2015 Bangkok bombing took place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand on 17 August 2015. Twenty people died and 125 were injured. Surveillance footage showed a suspect leaving a backpack at the scene shortly before the explosion. To date, the suspect in the surveillance footage has not been arrested.
Prior incidents
Prior to this bombing incident, there were two other bombings in Thailand in the same year. In February 2015, two bombs exploded on the Ratchaprasong Skywalk outside the nearby Siam Paragon shopping mall, injuring three people. The attack was believed to have been politically motivated. In April 2015, a car bomb exploded in Ko Samui, injuring seven.
Attack
On 17 August 2015, at 18:55 ICT (11:55 UTC), a bomb exploded inside the grounds of the Erawan Shrine, near the busy Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok's city centre. The Royal Thai Police said that 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) of TNT had been stuffed in a pipe and left under a bench near the outer rim of the grounds surrounding the shrine, and that an electronic circuit suspected to have been used in the attack was found 30 metres (98 ft) from the scene.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The attacks are thought to have been targeting Thailand's tourism and economy.
Second incident
In a separate attack in Bangkok, an explosive device was thrown from a bridge near a boat pier shortly after 13:00 ICT on 18 August 2015, but it caused no injuries. The device, possibly a grenade, appeared to have been thrown at the busy Sathon pier in Bangkok but landed in water where it exploded. The district's deputy police chief said, "If it did not fall in the water then it certainly would have caused injuries." Some damage was done to the bridge.
Victims
Most of the victims of the explosion were tourists visiting the shrine. The Royal Thai Police reported that 20 people died and 125 had been injured. The dead included six Thais, five Malaysians, four mainland Chinese, two Hong Kongers (including one British national resident in Hong Kong), one Indonesian, and one Singaporean. In addition, citizens of Japan, Malaysia, the Maldives, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar and Taiwan were among those injured.
Suspects
Investigators said they were "certain" that a man shown leaving a backpack at the scene of the explosion was responsible for the blast. The security camera footage, which has been broadcast internationally, shows the man in shorts and a yellow t-shirt taking off a dark-coloured backpack while sitting on a bench and then standing up, putting the backpack underneath the bench and walking away while looking at his phone. The suspect likely had arrived by tuk-tuk from an alley near Hua Lamphong.
Thailand's chief of police said the attack was carried out by a network and issued a sketch of the suspect. Police are also saying that two other people seen in the same footage were being treated as suspects. The Thai government has said that it was "unlikely" to have been the work of an international terror group. Police said that at least 10 people are suspected of involvement in the attack.
Later on, a taxi driver confirmed that he picked up the suspect, however the suspect was "not in a hurry. He seemed to be calm, like a regular customer, and not Thai. He also spoke in an unclear language on the way.
Reaction
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called it the "worst-ever attack" on his country, saying, "there have been minor bombs or just noise, but this time they aim for innocent lives. They want to destroy our economy, our tourism.
- Unquote Wikipedia
Photos: Erawan Shrine, Rajaprasong, Bangkok, Thailand
19-21. August 2015
© Andy Zingo Photography
Contact: AndyZingoPhotography@gmail.com