Two explosions rock Bangkok

Police said two explosions occurred in Bangkok Tuesday afternoon, a police officer said.

Pol Lt Col Witthaya Poonsin, deputy commander of Klong Tan traffic police, said the first explosion happened on Soi Pridi Panomyong 31 and it damaged a taxi.

In the second explosion, Witthaya said, a foreigner tried to throw a bomb at police on Soi Sukhumvit 71 but the bomb slipped out of his hand and exploded. The blast cut both of his legs and he was rushed to the Chulalongkorn Hospital.

The Nation