Bangkok: A day after Bangkok's deadly bomb attack there has been a second explosion in the capital, this time at a ferry pier, but this time no one was hurt, police say.
Police Senior Sgt. Maj. Worapong Boonthawee says an explosive device was thrown from the Taksin Bridge on Tuesday afternoon and blew up at Sathorn Pier after falling into the Chao Phraya River below. "There is no injury," he says.
According to the Bangkok Post, police went to the scene and closed Sathorn Road to traffic. Divers were soon deployed, who went into the water to recover any surviving pieces of the device.
Security camera footage shows a sudden blast of water dousing people on a walkway at the pier, as bystanders ran for safety.
Thai authorities on Tuesday launched a hunt for a male “suspect” who may have left a bomb inside the hugely popular Lord Brahma temple in a crowded area in central Bangkok that killed at least 20 people and injured 123 others. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said there is a male suspect who appeared on CCTV near the scene of the blast.
“We are looking for this guy,” he said. He called an urgent war room meeting with Cabinet members and security agencies at Government House. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said that the perpetrators had used few people to commit the incident. He said the motive behind the blast has yet to be concluded. Thai Army chief Gen Udomdej Seetabutr told local media that security officials had obtained video footages at the bomb explosion scene which clearly showed a suspect carrying a bag into the scene before it went off.
