Police in Thailand say explosions happened on busy road in business and residential area of capital
Police in Thailand say two explosions have hit a business and residential neighbourhood of Bangkok, but it is unclear how many people have been injured in the blasts.
Thai police told the Associated Press that the two explosions happened on Soi Sukhumvit 71, a street running off a busy multilane road that bisects the capital.
A photo posted on Twitter showed a wounded man lying on a pavement outside a school, his legs apparently blown off by an explosion. The pavement was strewn with broken glass.
Several Thai television stations reported that the man had been carrying explosives. They said an identification card found in a nearby satchel indicated that he may have been of Iranian descent.
The Thai-Asean News network said police had confirmed the man as Sayed Murabi, an Iranian thought to have bombed his own house before hailing a taxi.
When the driver refused to pick him up, Murabi is reported to have thrown a grenade at the car. Police then pursued him before he tried to throw another grenade at them, but missed and blew off his own legs.
The road has been closed to traffic, with police fearing there could be more bombs in the area.
Doctors at Chulalongkorn hospital confimed that a man had been admitted as a patient but did not disclose his name or nationality as he did not have any documents on him.
Doctors said the patient's right leg had been blown off above the right knee, and that his left leg was so badly damaged it had to be amputated above the knee.
Local media reported the police as saying that one of the bomber's legs had been blown into the school compund.
Local media also reported that the police were increasing security at the hospital as they were still unsure as to whether the patient was a terrorist or not.