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'It was a bomb': Bangkok hospital blast injures dozens

A bomb blast has injured 24 people in a Bangkok hospital, according to reports.

Reuters reports no one has claimed responsibility for the blast at the Phramongkutklao Hospital, which is popular with retired military officers.

"It was a bomb. We found the pieces that were used to make the bomb," Kamthorn Aucharoen, commander of the police's explosive ordnance team, told Reuters.

"Right now, authorities are checking out closed circuit cameras."

Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said 24 people had been wounded.

The blast comes on the third anniversary of the military coup when the nation's armed forces seized control of Thailand's government.