17 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pushes a wheelchair at the scene of an explosion at Erawan Shrine. There are several large high-end tourist hotels in the vicinity of the shrine and many hotel guests came out to watch the commotion. An explosion at Erawan Shrine, a popular tourist attraction and important religious shrine, in the heart of the Bangkok shopping district
17 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pushes a wheelchair at the scene of an explosion at Erawan Shrine. There are several large high end tourist hotels in the vicinity of the shrine and many hotel guests came out to watch the commotion. An explosion at Erawan Shrine, a popular tourist attraction and important religious shrine, in the heart of the Bangkok shopping district killed at least 19 people and injured more than 120 others, mostly foreign tourists, during the Monday evening rush hour. Twelve of the dead were killed at the scene. Thai police said an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated at 18.55. Police said the bomb was made of more than six pounds of TNT stuffed in a pipe and wrapped with white cloth. Its destructive radius was estimated at 100 meters. The Bangkok government announced that public schools would be closed Tuesday as a precaution.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ