Two die as nine bombs explode in Bangkok

Nine bombs exploded across Bangkok on New Year’s Eve, killing two people, wounding 34 – at least six of them foreigners – and driving home thousands of revellers.

The foreigners hurt in the blasts were two Serbians, two British nationals, a Hungarian and a US national, said Suchila La-oan, a staff member of the Police General Hospital, where the victims were sent.