Bomb injures 24 in central Bangkok
At least 24 people have been injured in a bomb explosion at a hospital in Bangkok.
The area of the city where the explosion happened is popular with tourists who come to see the nearby Victory Monument.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued updated advice warning visitors to the city: “There was an explosion inside Phra Mongkut military training hospital, near the National Monument in Bangkok which caused a number of injuries; you should follow the advice of the local authorities.”
Thailand’s prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for people not to panic following the attack, which coincides with the third anniversary of the country’s 2014 military coup.
It comes just weeks after more than 50 people were injured in a double explosion at a shopping centre in Pattani, southern Thailand.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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