Again innocent people die or injured in Thailand`s capital city. At 6.55 pm yesterday evening (13.55 pm in Germany ) in Bangkok detonated a bomb at the Erawan Shrine, a popular temple for tourists and locals. Splinters, burning vehicle parts and more than 120 injured people were lying between the Hyatt Erawan Hotel and the Gaysorn mall and the middle of the busy city street filled with blood. Two other bombs were subsequently found nearby which could be defused by the police and the national army .
At press time (midnight) the emergency services and rescuers were still in large numbers at the point of the cruel event. They could still not confirm the exact numbers of victims. Local and international media refer to 17 dead women and 10 dead men ,12 people died on the spot. Unconfirmed is also the number of foreign victims. There are three Chinese and a Filipino confirmend by Officials at the moment.
About German or European victims is – so far nothing known. The crisis specialists of the foreign embassies are however already been shortly after the attack on the spot.
Fortunately there are two large hospitals only a few meters from the crime scene. They were asking the residents to donate blood for the victims.
There are so far only speculationse about the bomb. It should have been fixed either on a motorcycle or on the fence of the temple. After examining the crime scene by the bomb specialists from the Royal Police and the military it is said that the bomb had about three kilograms of TNT with an explosive effect of approximately 40 meters.
In the first Scanning the site, immediately after their arrival, the specialists found two other smaller bombs, but could be defused immediately.
In a first statement of the Thai Government they stated to be shocked and horrified about the incident. It was said to be an attack on the economy and the tourism in Thailand. The Thai Government will do everything to catch the person(s) or to bring the perpetrators quickly to justice.
We just informed about the so far known facts. We also received a large number of photos from Bangkok, we need to withheld. They are so terrible that we are not confident to publish them in our media.
Once there are further official statements, we will continue to report.

Surprised are the people in Thailand of the major international sympathy. In social media such as twitter, facebook etc. we read a flood of comforting, but also encouraging posts. Many people in the world wanted to know whether their friends or relatives are affected – Thais sent signs of life to their international friends.
All were in agreement: this attack must not harm Thailand and the people living there. Many people around the world thought: “now we especially go to Thailand – the terrorism can not prevail”!