Thai police at the blast site (Source: EPA/VNA) Nguyen Hai Ngoc, First Secretary of theVietnamese Embassy in Thailand, said the embassy will keep contact withThailand’s competent agencies to update the situation.
The bomb explosion at the army's Phramongkutklaohospital in Rajthevi district injured 25 people. Many of them are soldiers andretirees, and most had cuts caused by broken glass.
Initial investigation showed that theexplosion was carried out by the same network behind the blasts near theGovernment Lottery Office on April 5 and in front of the National Theatre onMay 15, local authorities said on May 23.
Army Commander-in-Chief General SitthisartChalermchai said the three attacks used the same kind of explosives.
At the hospital explosion, the bomb washidden in a vase in a room named “Wongsuwan” in honour of Thai Defence MinisterGeneral Prawit Wongsuwan.
Authorities said that the country tightenedsecurity in Bangkok on May 23, a day after the bomb blast.
Police and soldiers have been deployed toseveral key locations in the capital, especially crowded areas, to preventsimilar incident, Deputy Defence Minister Udomdej Sitabutr said at a Cabinetmeeting.
Deputy police spokesman KrisanaPattanacharoen said investigators are seeking for more proof and collectingstatements of witnesses.
Following the explosion, some embassies inThailand like the UK, Canada and Australia urged their citizens to be on alertto strictly follow the advice of local authorities.
In an effort to ease the concern of theinternational community, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai stressed the Government’scommitment to ensuring safety in the country and called on Thai citizens toprovide relevant information for authorities. - VNA
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