Blasts attack newspaper office and a hotel's car park
Two explosions rattled Bangkok early Tuesday morning, causing damages outside the offices of Daily News and a nearby hotel but no casualties, police said.
The first blast went off around 1.30am outside the offices of Thai-language newspaper, the Daily News, while the second exploded at a parking lot of the Rama Garden hotel next door.The explosions caused minor damage to buildings and the road, but no one was injured. Police are investigating the type of explosive and how it happened. Police were investigating whether the culprits fired a grenade launcher at the building. Meanwhile Police chief Pol Gen Kowit Wattana said he was briefed about the attack and was informed that the explosive was M-79 grenade launcher. The Nation
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