1) A man thought to be of Iranian descent is believed to be responsible for the explosions. Reports said that he was carrying bombs; he allegedly hurled a bomb at a taxi after the driver refused to accept him as a passenger. When police arrived at the scene, the man reportedly threw a second bomb at them, but it hit a tree and bounced back towards him and exploded, blowing his legs off.
2) The first explosion took place at around 2 pm at the house that the man rented. The police are looking for two men who reportedly shared the house with him. The police have searched the house and have reportedly recovered three of four more bombs that they are trying to defuse.
3) After the first blast, the suspect was reportedly seen walking out of the house by neighbours. The other two blasts happened soon after within 100 yards of the first.
4) A picture posted on Twitter purportedly showed a wounded man lying on a sidewalk strewn with broken glass outside a Thai school, his legs apparently ripped off. Several Thai television stations reported that an identification card found in a satchel nearby indicated that the man may be of Iranian descent.
5) A senior Thai journalist said the suspected bomber's name was believed to be Saeed Murabi. The man is in hospital. The police are reportedly yet to speak to him.
6) The blasts happened on Sukhumvit Soi 71, a multilane thoroughfare with businesses and apartment blocks. Traffic was halted while authorities investigated.
7) There are no reports of any casualties. "There were three explosions, but no dead," Police Major General Wichai Sungprapai was quoted by AFP as saying. Among the four other people injured is the taxi driver at whom the suspect allegedly hurled a bomb.
8) There has been no official comment, but the Thai police have been quoted as saying that it's too early to call this is a terror attack.
9) The blasts in Bangkok and the initial reports that the man carrying the bombs could be Iranian assume significance as they come a day after bombs targeted Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. The attack in India wounded four people, including an Israeli diplomat's wife. The bomb in Georgia was found in the car of a local employee at the Israel embassy. That bomb was defused. Israel has blamed both the successful attack and the one that was averted countries apart, on Iran and the militant group Hezbollah. Iran has denied the claims.
10) Thailand has been on edge since last month, when a foreign suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah militants led Thai police to a warehouse filled with more than 8,800 pounds (4,000 kilograms) of urea fertilizer and several gallons of liquid ammonium nitrate. Israel and the United States had warned their citizens to be alert in Bangkok.
