Ilkeston boy, nine, left Bangkok on day of bomb attack
Richard Stanley’s son Benjamin, a pupil at Hallam Fields Junior School, was with his mother Joy in the Thailand capital visiting tourist attractions in the days leading up the attack.
Just hours before the bomb exploded at the Erawan Shrine the pair had flown from Bangkok airport 500 miles north to Udonthani.
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Hide AdRichard, 67, a retired decorator, said: “Benjamin was with his mother who is a Thai national. She was showing Benjamin the usual sights such as the palace and floating market.
“They had been there for seven days when hours before the bomb went off they went to the airport and flew back to the north of Thailand.
“Both are OK and Benjamin is now back with me.
“He is happy and enjoying himself far away from danger and any political unrest. Nobody at this time knows why it happened, we can only speculate.”
Police in Thailand are now hunting a key suspect who they believe may be linked to the attack. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the fatal attack on Monday which killed at least 20 people.