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| Thailand bombs: travel warnings as tourist resorts hit by fatal explosions – as it happened | |
| (about 5 hours later) | |
| 7.40am BST | 7.40am BST |
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| 7.24am BST | 7.24am BST |
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| As details of each incident trickle out, it is clear some of the devices were detonated using timers or a mobile phone signal. | As details of each incident trickle out, it is clear some of the devices were detonated using timers or a mobile phone signal. |
| 6.54am BST | 6.54am BST |
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| Authorities have released a list of 10 names of foreign tourists injured in the Thursday night blasts in Hua Hin. They include two Dutch men, a Dutch woman, and seven others ranging in age from 16 to 48. | Authorities have released a list of 10 names of foreign tourists injured in the Thursday night blasts in Hua Hin. They include two Dutch men, a Dutch woman, and seven others ranging in age from 16 to 48. |
| We have not yet been able to independently confirm their identities. | We have not yet been able to independently confirm their identities. |
| 6.48am BST | 6.48am BST |
| 06:48 | 06:48 |
| The police have said they have detained suspects but the group or motivation is still unclear. However, spokesman Piyapan Ping said the intention was to cause chaos. | The police have said they have detained suspects but the group or motivation is still unclear. However, spokesman Piyapan Ping said the intention was to cause chaos. |
| 6.37am BST | 6.37am BST |
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| 6.33am BST | 6.33am BST |
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| Tourist Shane Brett has told the ABC in Australia he was in Hua Hin when the first explosion was heard. | Tourist Shane Brett has told the ABC in Australia he was in Hua Hin when the first explosion was heard. |
| “I was at a bar in the main bar district in Hua Hin right outside the Hilton hotel and at first I heard kind of a bang ... and everyone kind of panicked,” Brett said. | “I was at a bar in the main bar district in Hua Hin right outside the Hilton hotel and at first I heard kind of a bang ... and everyone kind of panicked,” Brett said. |
| He looked outside the bar and said saw people running. Half an hour later, he made it back to his hotel. On the way, he said he saw “a good few people injured and the whole area just panicking ... the whole area was just shut down with police cars, ambulances.” | He looked outside the bar and said saw people running. Half an hour later, he made it back to his hotel. On the way, he said he saw “a good few people injured and the whole area just panicking ... the whole area was just shut down with police cars, ambulances.” |
| 6.23am BST | 6.23am BST |
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| What we know so far | What we know so far |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.39am BST | at 6.39am BST |
| 6.11am BST | 6.11am BST |
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| The police have also just completely ruled out the insurgent groups from the south as being behind the attacks. They consider it a case of domestically inspired ‘local sabotage’ rather than terrorism from the south. | The police have also just completely ruled out the insurgent groups from the south as being behind the attacks. They consider it a case of domestically inspired ‘local sabotage’ rather than terrorism from the south. |
| They are holding another media conference in two hours. | They are holding another media conference in two hours. |
| 6.06am BST | 6.06am BST |
| 06:06 | 06:06 |
| To give a sense of the span of these attacks, the resort town of Hua Hin is about 200km south of Bangkok. The southern provinces affected, such as Phuket, are about 850km south of the capital, or about an hour’s flight. | To give a sense of the span of these attacks, the resort town of Hua Hin is about 200km south of Bangkok. The southern provinces affected, such as Phuket, are about 850km south of the capital, or about an hour’s flight. |
| 6.01am BST | 6.01am BST |
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| Death toll rises | Death toll rises |
| Reporter Adam Ramsey has the latest from a media conference the police have just held. They have confirmed four people have died in a series of bombings in the past 24 hours. | Reporter Adam Ramsey has the latest from a media conference the police have just held. They have confirmed four people have died in a series of bombings in the past 24 hours. |
| Two died on Thursday (one in the town of Hua Hin, one in Trang province). Two died in the second wave of attacks on Friday (one in Hua Hin, one in Surat Thani province) | Two died on Thursday (one in the town of Hua Hin, one in Trang province). Two died in the second wave of attacks on Friday (one in Hua Hin, one in Surat Thani province) |
| 5.54am BST | 5.54am BST |
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| There are reports Hua Hin station was closed not simply as a precaution but because of ‘suspicious parcels’. We will keep you updated once we know more. My colleague Oliver Holmes is heading there soon. You will be able to follow updates from him on Twitter @olireports | There are reports Hua Hin station was closed not simply as a precaution but because of ‘suspicious parcels’. We will keep you updated once we know more. My colleague Oliver Holmes is heading there soon. You will be able to follow updates from him on Twitter @olireports |
| 11:08 EOD at Hua Hin railway station after suspicious parcels found. Station still closed (Via @kapookdotcom) pic.twitter.com/eV9MYkfa4p | 11:08 EOD at Hua Hin railway station after suspicious parcels found. Station still closed (Via @kapookdotcom) pic.twitter.com/eV9MYkfa4p |