At least 6 small bombs exploded in Bangkok killing two people and wounding more than 20, shocking the Thai capital into canceling some New Year countdown celebrations. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombs, which went off within about an hour and included one planted under a seat at a bus stop outside a shopping mall which wounded 17 people, two seriously. The bomb outside the shopping mall near the Victory Monument in the center of the Thai capital appeared to have caused the largest number of injuries. Another went off near a police booth, wounding two people, and a third was placed in a trash can at a market in the port district and wounded five, including a 10-year-old. A fourth went off in the parking lot of a shopping mall on the road to Bangkok's new airport. This is the first such violence in Bangkok since a September 19 coup ousted elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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