Bangkok: At least four explosions have ripped through several areas of downtown Bangkok, killing two people and wounding at least 12 people, police say. Sunday's blasts came as residents prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve at midnight, CNN said.
Chief government spokesman Yongyud Maiyalab warned people to be cautious but not to panic. One blast occurred at a mall near the Victory Monument in the centre of the Thai capital, Reuters reported.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The four explosions are thought to have occurred within 90 minutes of each other across Thailand's capital, beginning at 1730 hours (0400 IST) at Central Bangkok's Victory Monument.
"I have received reports of bombs at Victory Monument which injured four people. The second site was at Klong Toey which injured six people, two of them children," Ajiravid Subarnbhesaj, national police spokesman, said on Thai television. Klong Toey is a market in downtown Bangkok.
The third bomb was planted at a police traffic post at an intersection in the north of the city injuring two, he said, while the fourth was also at a police post in the northern suburb of Nonthaburi. No one was injured there.
It was not immediately clear if the bombs had anything to do with a military coup on September 19 that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, or with an ongoing violent separatist insurgency in the kingdom's south.
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