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| Southeast Asia |
| One killed in Bangkok explosion |
| 2010-07-26 |
| A bomb blast in the Thai capital Bangkok has killed one and wounded at least 10 others amid rising political tensions in the Southeast Asian country. The blast occurred in the center of Bangkok's commercial district shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election. The victim was a 51-year-old man who died in hospital from his wounds, AFP quoted an official at the Erawan emergency center as saying. Police officials at the site of the explosion declined to speculate whether the bombing was related to Thailand's continued political turbulence. Parliamentary by-election in the capital's northern suburbs pitted a leader of the Red Shirt movement, who is detained on terrorism charges, against a member of the ruling party. The developments come two months after Thailand's worst political violence in decades. |
| Posted by:Fred |