Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital on Tuesday police said but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities.

By: Kushal Mishra Updated Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:08 PM (IST)

A picture posted on Twitter purportedly showed a wounded man laying on a sidewalk strewn with broken glass outside a Thai school, his legs apparently ripped off in one of the explosions.Several Thai television stations reported the wounded man was carrying explosives at the time. They said an identification card found in a satchel nearby indicated the man may have been of Iranian decent. It was not possible to independently confirm those reports, however. Reports said an identification card found in a satchel nearby indicated the man may have been of Iranian decent.Police Col. Sittiphab Baiprasert told The Associated Press the blasts occurred about 100 yards (meters) apart on Sukhumvit Soi 71, a multilane thoroughfare that is home to businesses and apartment blocks. He gave no other details.Local news reports said traffic on the road had been halted while authorities investigated.

Posted By: Kushal Mishra

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