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| Bangkok bomb: Explosion at hospital in Thailand leaves at least 24 injured | Bangkok bomb: Explosion at hospital in Thailand leaves at least 24 injured |
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| Thai police say 24 people have been injured in a bomb explosion at a hospital in Bangkok. | Thai police say 24 people have been injured in a bomb explosion at a hospital in Bangkok. |
| The bombing at Phramongkutklao Hospital, which is popular with retired military officers, took place on the third anniversary of a 2014 military coup. | |
| "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, said. | |
| "Right now, authorities are checking out closed circuit cameras." | |
| The deputy commissioner of the Royal Thai Police said investigators found traces of batteries and wires at the blast site. | |
| It comes just weeks after a double explosion at a shopping centre in Pattani, southern Thailand, injured at least 50 people. | It comes just weeks after a double explosion at a shopping centre in Pattani, southern Thailand, injured at least 50 people. |
| A suspected car bomb was detonated at the entrance to the Big-C shopping centre in downtown Pattani on 9 May, a province that has suffered waves of secessionist violence since 2004. | |
| A first bomb was detonated inside the building, followed by a second explosion outside the centre, which targeted shoppers running from the first blast. | A first bomb was detonated inside the building, followed by a second explosion outside the centre, which targeted shoppers running from the first blast. |
| Additional reporting by agencies |