Bomb in Bangkok kills 12, wounds 78 in bid ‘to destroy economy’bangkok_explosion_reuters_170815.JPG

A bomb on a motorcycle exploded on Monday just outside a Hindu shrine in the Thai capital, killing 27 people, including foreign tourists, media reported, in an attack the government said was a bid to destroy the economy. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast at the Erawan shrine at a major city-centre intersection....