BANGKOK — Six small bomb blasts wounded at least four people in Bangkok on Friday, as the Thai capital hosted a Southeast Asian security meeting with top diplomats from the United States, China and other world powers. The first small explosions were heard during rush hour, just before 9 a.m. (0200 GMT), at two sites in central Bangkok. None of Friday blasts were very close to the regional security meeting venue. Bangkok was last hit by a series of small bomb blasts in 2017. BOMBS RATTLE CITYBangkok is currently hosting a regional security meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their counterparts from world powers including the United States, China and Russia.

Source: National Post August 02, 2019 04:17 UTC