Bomb at Bangkok hospital wounds 24 on coup anniversary

Officers of the Thai Army train in Bangkok. A bomb blast hit Phramongkutklao Hospital, popular with retired military officers, on the third anniversary of the 2014 military coup. Picture: Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak.

Officers of the Thai Army train in Bangkok. A bomb blast hit Phramongkutklao Hospital, popular with retired military officers, on the third anniversary of the 2014 military coup. Picture: Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak.

Published May 22, 2017

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Bangkok - A bomb blast at a hospital in

the Thai capital of Bangkok wounded 24 people on Monday, on the

third anniversary of a 2014 military coup.

There was no claim of responsibility for the blast at the

Phramongkutklao Hospital, which is popular with retired military

officers.

"It was a bomb. We found the pieces that were used to make

the bomb," Kamthorn Aucharoen, commander of the police's

explosive ordnance team, told Reuters.

"Right now, authorities are checking out closed circuit

cameras."

Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said 24 people had

been wounded. 

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