Bangkok: Bollywood actress Genelia D'Souza escapes bomb blast
Mumbai, Aug 18: Bollywood actress Genelia D'Souza was shocked when she heard the sound of massive bomb blast which shattered a Hindu temple in Bangkok on Monday, Aug 17.
27 people, including four foreigners, were killed and over 80 others injured in the powerful bomb blast inside a hugely popular Lord Brahma temple in a crowded area in the capital city of Thailand.
[Bangkok: 27 killed in bomb blast inside Brahma temple in Thailand]
The 28-year-old actress, wife of Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh, was shooting for an advertisement in the city when the explosion was occurred.
[Watch: Exclusive images of Bangkok blast]
Hours after the blast, Genelia on Monday tweeted, Bomb set off just opp the mall we are currently in -can hear the sirens blazing all over- we are safe but feel terrible for the lives lost."
Bomb
set
off
just
opp
the
mall
we
are
currently
in
-can
hear
the
sirens
blazing
all
over-
we
are
safe
but
feel
terrible
for
the
lives
lost.
—
Genelia
Deshmukh
(@geneliad)
August
17,
2015
Confirming about her safety, Genelia later wrote, "Good morning..Thank you all for the concern.. Just to inform you we are safe.."
Good
morning..Thank
you
all
for
the
concern..
Just
to
inform
you
we
are
safe..
#Thankgod4smallmercies
—
Genelia
Deshmukh
(@geneliad)
August
18,
2015
Meanwhile, her husband Riteish too tweeted, "My thoughts go out to the people affected by last night's cowardly attack. Taking innocent lives is no way to protest or make a point."
My
thoughts
go
out
to
the
people
affected
by
last
night’s
cowardly
attack.
Taking
innocent
lives
is
no
way
to
protest
or
make
a
point.
—
Riteish
Deshmukh
(@Riteishd)
August
18,
2015
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