Siren Sounds in Bangkok After Deadly Bomb Blast

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Updated 18 August 2015 at 1:04 am

A bomb blast rocked central Bangkok on the evening of Monday, August 17, killing at least 22 people. The explosion occurred near the Erawan shrine, a tourist hotspot in the city’s Chidlom district. Bangkok-based TV station Coconuts said a suspicious object feared to be a second bomb was found near the blast site and disarmed. No one claimed responsibility in the immediate aftermath of the blast. A siren can be heard in this video. Credit: Weibo/3583830865 (允尼strawberry)

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