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Thai LeaderOrders Investigation of Bangkok Explosions

Associated Press

   BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Friday ordered an
   investigation into several small bombings in Bangkok that took place as
   Thailand was hosting a high-level meeting attended by U.S. Secretary of
   State Mike Pompeo and his counterparts from China and several
   Asia-Pacific countries.

   The explosions took place near two stations of the Thai capital's
   elevated train system. A police spokesman said that one of the two
   injured men was being treated at a hospital and the other was sent
   home.

   Two other blasts were reported at a government complex on the outskirts
   of the city, and near the offices of a company associated with
   supporters of Prayuth's new government.

   Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters that police
   arrested two suspects connected to the explosions at five different
   locations in Bangkok.

   Prawit said the perpetrators were trying to create a "situation." When
   asked whether it was connected to the junta's recent relinquishing of
   power, he said "I don't know either, let authorities investigate
   first." Thailand recently ended five years of military rule following a
   2014 coup.

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