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Police are still hunting for two men who hurled two ping pong bombs into the compound of the First Infantry Regiment where the prime minister’s residence is located.

BEIRUT - At least 14 people were killed in Syrias capital Wednesday morning when two explosive devices detonated on a military bus in one of the deadliest attacks to hit Damascus in years, according to the Syrian official news agency SANA.

The Japanese embassy has issued a warning asking its citizens to be careful in the wake of the four small blasts in Bangkok.

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan visited Bangkok’s Chinatown on Friday night (August 2) in a bid to restore the confidence of foreign tourists of their safety in the Kingdom following a series of bomb attacks earlier in the day.

The spate of bomb blasts in Bangkok does not warrant the invoking of a special law to respond to them, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana on Friday afternoon (August 2) asked people not to be panic following a series of small explosions in Bangkok.

Evidence left at the scene of three fires in the Pratunam area suggests the fires were intentional arson and were linked to Friday (August 2) morning bomb incidents, a police source said.

Police and bomb squad on Thursday were busy sweeping the main beach of Songkhla province to see if there were any hidden explosives.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Thursday linked the Songkhla bomb attacks on Wednesday night to politics in the province.