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| Bomb blast in Thai capital wounds 1 |
| 2007-05-06 |
| Security forces threw a protective cordon around the Thai king's residence in Bangkok Sunday and planned to step up security throughout the capital following a bomb explosion which wounded one person, police officers said. The small explosive device went off Saturday night on a road opposite Chitralada Palace, slightly injuring a 22-year-old man. Metropolitan police chief Maj. Gen. Adisorn Nontree said that authorities will tighten nighttime security in Bangkok, focusing on 84 sites including embassies, department stores and government offices. Beginning Sunday night, the security force will be doubled to some 600 police and soldiers and the installation of more than 1,000 close-circuit cameras will be speeded up, he said. "It was just an attempt to cause chaos," Adisorn said about Saturday's explosion. Asked if there was any significance to the site of the explosion, police spokesman Maj. Gen. Ronnarong Yangyuen said, "We still can't draw any conclusions. The bomb site was near several important places." |
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