A bungling Iranian bomber blew off his own legs when he hurled a grenade at Thai police outside a Bangkok school - which bounced off a tree and then exploded at his feet.
It came after he had blown up his own home and then hurled a grenade at a taxi driver who would not accept him as a passenger, the Bangkok Post reports.
Police allegedly found an Iranian ID card in a satchel close to the blast in the Thai capital, and unconfirmed reports suggest he is called Saeid Moradi.
Four people, three men and one woman, were injured in the explosions which come the day after Israeli diplomats were targeted in simultaneous car bombings, also believed to have been carried out by Iran.
It is not yet known if yesterday's and today's attacks are linked - but Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said: 'We can't rule out any possibility.'
Mistake: This man, believed to be Iranian, had his legs blown off as he was said to be planting a bomb outside a Bangkok school
Investigation: A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member analyses the damage following the blasts in Bangkok
More explosives were found at Moradi's house, in the Ekamai area of central Bangkok, which police say he had been renting with two other unidentified foreigners.
He is believed to have arrived in Bangkok, from the southern Thai resort of Phuket, on February 8.
Thailand has rarely been a target for foreign terrorists, although a domestic Muslim insurgency in the country's south has involved bombings of civilian targets.
Israel and the U.S. warned their citizens to be alert in the capital, but Thai authorities said the country appeared to have been a staging ground but not the target of any attack.
It comes the day after Israeli diplomats were targeted in simultaneous bomb plots which were also blamed on Iran. It is not known whether the attacks are linked.
A bomb attached magnetically to a car in the Indian capital New Delhi exploded and injured the wife of an Israeli official and two bystanders.
Peace: Thailand has rarely been a target for foreign terrorists, although a domestic Muslim insurgency in the country's south has involved bombings of civilian targets
Carnage: A bomb disposal expert checks out the damage, which also hit a police car
Warning: Israel and the U.S. have told their citizens to be alert in the capital, but Thai authorities said the country appeared to have been a staging ground but not the target of any attack
Officials in Georgia said an explosive device was attached to the bottom of a diplomat’s car in the capital Tbilisi, but was found and defused before it detonated.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran was behind both incidents, adding that the Islamic republic's Lebanese ally Hezbollah - which battled Israel in a month-long war in 2006 - could have been involved too.
Last month, a Lebanese-Swedish man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants was detained by Thai police.
He led authorities to a warehouse filled with more than 4,000kilos of urea fertiliser and several gallons of liquid ammonium nitrate.
Fireball: The Bangkok blasts come the day after Israeli diplomats were targeted in simultaneous bomb plots which were also blamed on Iran. A bomb attached magnetically to a car in the Indian capital New Delhi exploded and injured the wife of an Israeli official and two bystanders
Closer examination: Indian security and forensic officials examine the car yesterday - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately blamed Iran for the attacks
