16 February 2012 Last updated at 03:54 ET
Thai police say they believe men detained after prematurely exploding bombs in Bangkok on Tuesday were intending to target two Israeli diplomats.

They gave no further details of who the individual targets were.

Two men, said to be Iranian, remain in custody in Bangkok. A third man is in custody in Malaysia. A fourth suspect is said to be on the run.

Israel says Iran was behind the incident, but Tehran denies any role.

The Bangkok blasts came a day after two attacks targeting Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia.

An Israeli diplomat was injured in the Delhi attack, after a motorcycle rider attached an explosive device to her car.

Around the same time a bomb beneath an Israeli diplomat's car in Tbilisi, Georgia, was found and defused.

Several countries, including the US and the UK, have issued fresh travel advisories for Thailand in wake of the incident.



Article Source : BBC News

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