Loud bangs at BTS station, other areas in Bangkok

Police close the area near the BTS Chong Nonsi station after two loud bangs were heard there on Friday. (Photo from @js100radio Twitter account)
Police close the area near the BTS Chong Nonsi station after two loud bangs were heard there on Friday. (Photo from @js100radio Twitter account)

Loud bangs were heard near a skytrain station and at least three other areas in Bangkok on Friday morning, with two people confirmed injured on Rama 9 Road.

Police reported a loud sound similar to bomb explosions twice at the Chong Nonsi BTS station about 8.50am and closed exits 3 and 4 for safety reasons.

Police also cordoned off the ground near the two exits to examine the cause of the bang.

Twitter message showed a sheet of glass on the station platform was shattered.

Police also reported loud bangs in Soi 57/1 on Rama 9 road, injuring two city road cleaners at 8.50am, one loud bang outside King Power Mahanakhon Building near the same BTS station at 9am and three bangs near the Government Complex on Chaeng Wattana Road at the same time.

Explosive Ordnance disposal police are at the scene.

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Vocabulary

  • cordoned off: stopped from entering an area by putting something such as a rope around it - กั้นด้วยเชือกหรือเครื่องกั้น
  • disposal: getting rid of something or, in this case, making an explosive safe   - การกำจัด
  • explosion (noun): the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of something such as a bomb exploding; the act of deliberately causing something to explode - การระเบิด
  • explosives: substances or pieces of equipment that can cause explosions - สิ่งที่ระเบิดได้
  • ordnance: weapons, ammunition, etc., especially military - สรรพาวุธ, อาวุธยุทโธปกรณ์
  • shattered: broken into many pieces - ที่แตกกระจาย
  • sheet: a thin flat piece of paper, metal, plastic, glass etc - สิ่งที่เป็นแผ่นแบน (เช่น แผ่นกระดาษ, แผ่นเหล็ก, แผ่นแก้ว)

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