Six Chinese nationals - including two from Hong Kong - among at least 21 killed in Bangkok bomb blast

Six Chinese people - two from Hong Kong and three from the mainland - have been confirmed dead in the wake of last night's devastating bomb blast in the heart of the Thai capital Bangkok, the Chinese embassy in Thailand confirmed on Tuesday.

Another 22 Chinese including 17 from mainland China, two from Hong Kong and three from China’s Taiwan, were receiving treatment in hospitals, the embassy had said earlier, adding more than 10 others, who sustained minor injuries, have been discharged from hospital.  

One Chinese national remained missing in the blast, according to the embassy.  

At least 21 people lost their lives and at least 117 others were injured in the deadly blast at a busy intersection near the Erawan Shrine in the Ratchaprasong district shortly after 7pm on Monday night. The area is normally thronging with both Thais and foreign tourists.

An Immigration Department spokesman earlier that the two Hongkongers who died were women aged 19 and 24. Six other Hong Kong people were injured, all of whom - apart  from one who was discharged - are being treated at hospitals in the Thai capital.