Grenades thrown at Thai anti-corruption agency
Two grenades were fired into Thailand's anti-corruption office, police said Friday, the latest attack on an agency that has lodged a case against the embattled prime minister that could lead to her impeachment. Ref. Source 2
Police today are sealing off the scene of a deadly blast near a popular Hindu shrine in central Bangkok, Thailand, because a bomb in the area remains active and needs to be defused.
Bomb squad members in blast suits responded to the area, and an officer announced over a loudspeaker, "The situation is still not safe. Please all stay back. There might be another bomb in the area."
The Bangkok Post reported several casualties.
The blast occurred about 7 p.m. Local time near the Erawan Shrine, a Hindu place of worship and tourist attraction. Ref. CNN
Thai police arrested a suspect in the bombing that killed 20 people and wounded scores of others at a shrine in Bangkok this month, authorities say. Ref. CNN
Thai prime minister says suspect in Bangkok bombing has been arrested
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said a man suspected in the August 17 bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed more than 20 people was arrested near the Cambodian border, the Associated Press and The Voice of America report. Ref. CNN