Two Britons are among more than 30 people injured by bomb attacks in the Thai capital of Bangkok, it has been reported. Authorities earlier confirmed that two people were killed in the series of blasts. A total of nine bombs exploded in the city, forcing the cancellation of New Year celebrations.
People in Bangkok have been warned to avoid moving around the city, which is now in security lockdown. As well as the two British nationals, the foreigners hurt in the blasts were two Serbians, a Hungarian and a US national.
Sky sources have revealed that police in Thailand arrested a man following the first six blasts. Map of Thailand It is believed he was carrying an explosive device when he was arrested. One bomb was planted under a seat at a bus stop outside a shopping mall. Another went off near a police booth. A third was placed in a rubbish bin at a market in the port district and wounded five, including a 10-year-old child.
Bar worker Somrak Manphothong, who was near the shopping mall bomb, said: "I heard a loud explosion and thought it was fireworks. "I ran there and saw a bleeding woman at the bus stop. Another guy was lying on the floor covered in blood and his wife was shaking his body." The bombings are the last in a year of unrest in Thailand which has seen a military coup and mounting Muslim insurgency in its southernmost provinces.
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