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| Bangkok bombing: Thai police safely deactivate two more bombs after deadly blast | |
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| Thai police have reportedly deactivated two more bombs after a large explosion hit Bangkok, amid fears more have been planted around the city. | |
| At least 27 people died in the blast shortly after 7pm local time today at the Erawan shrine, and almost 80 more have been injured. | |
| The Bangkok Post reported that another device was found and safely removed by a bomb disposal team about an hour later. | The Bangkok Post reported that another device was found and safely removed by a bomb disposal team about an hour later. |
| Officers and emergency services are still at the scene, where witnesses reported bodies covered in sheets and body parts strewn on the ground between burning vehicles. | Officers and emergency services are still at the scene, where witnesses reported bodies covered in sheets and body parts strewn on the ground between burning vehicles. |
| "We are now looking for another two to three bombs as we have found one suspicious object," national police chief Prawut Thawornsiri told Reuters. | "We are now looking for another two to three bombs as we have found one suspicious object," national police chief Prawut Thawornsiri told Reuters. |
| "There could be another explosion, so we have blocked off the crime scene and are asking bystanders to move back." | "There could be another explosion, so we have blocked off the crime scene and are asking bystanders to move back." |
| Another device was reportedly defused shortly his comments. | |
| Police believe the first bomb may have been attached to a motorbike parked outside the entrance to the shrine area. Motorcycles lie on the street at the scene of a bomb attack near Erawan Shrine, central Bangkok, Thailand, 17 August 2015. | |
| "All I can say now is there has been an explosion in central Bangkok involving a motorcycle bomb," deputy national police chief Aek Angsananond said. | |
| The holy site, popular with Hindu and Buddhist worshippers as well as tourists, in the busy Chindlom district. | The holy site, popular with Hindu and Buddhist worshippers as well as tourists, in the busy Chindlom district. |
| It is near the Ratchaprasong intersection, lined with shopping centres and a five-star hotel, which has been at the centre of political protests in recent years. | It is near the Ratchaprasong intersection, lined with shopping centres and a five-star hotel, which has been at the centre of political protests in recent years. |