Foreign Office confirms a British national resident in Hong Kong was among at least 22 people killed in explosion at Erawan shrine
A British woman was among the people killed in Monday’s bomb attack in central Bangkok, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
The woman, a British national resident in Hong Kong, was among 22 people confirmed dead. Around 125 others were wounded in the explosion at the Erawan shrine, a site popular with tourists and local people.
Body parts, burnt vehicles and rubble littered the street after the pipe bomb exploded at about 7pm local time on Monday night.
Hong Kong law student Vivian Chan Wing-yan, 19, who was studying in Britain, has been named among the dead. She was travelling in Thailand with her parents and a friend from Hong Kong who was also killed in the attack, according to the South China Morning Post.
There is as yet no confirmation that she is the British national killed in the Bangkok blast.
Chan was a former pupil at Harrow International School in Hong Kong.
Two Hong Kong residents have been identified as among the dead so far. The second, Arcadia Pang Wan-chee, 24, was the person travelling with Chan and her parents.
The foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said: “I can confirm that one British national, a resident of Hong Kong, lost her life in the attack. British embassy staff in Thailand are assisting her family at this very difficult time.
“My thoughts are with the victims, their families and loved ones, and with the Thai people. Foreign Office officials are in close contact with the Thai authorities and have offered UK assistance in the investigation of this abhorrent act. British nationals in Thailand should check the Foreign Office website for the latest travel advice.”
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