{"id":59192,"date":"2015-08-18T00:38:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T05:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59192"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:59:44","slug":"bomb-explodes-at-bangkok-shrine-killing-at-least-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/18\/bomb-explodes-at-bangkok-shrine-killing-at-least-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb explodes at Bangkok shrine, killing at least 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/thailand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11263\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/thailand.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/thailand.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/thailand-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> ShutterStock<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK \u2014 A bomb exploded Monday evening at a popular shrine in the heart of Bangkok, an area frequented by thousands of tourists, office workers and shoppers, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The bomb exploded inside the Erawan Shrine, national police chief Somyot Poompummuang said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy paxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/paxil.html\">https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/paxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> He said officials initially believed that a second bomb had been found in a bag nearby, but that it had been determined to be harmless.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> 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