Hat Yai (Thailand): Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly attack in years in Thailand’s restive south, killing 11 people and wounding 110 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers just before lunchtime.
A first batch of explosives planted inside a parked pickup truck ripped through an area of restaurants and shops in a busy area of Yala city, a main commercial hub of Thailand’s restive southern provinces, said district police chief Col Kritsada Kaewchandee.
About 20 minutes later, just as onlookers gathered at the blast site, a second car bomb exploded, causing the majority of casualties. “This is the worst attack in the past few years,” said Col Pramote Promin, deputy spokesman of a regional security agency.
Separately, a blast occurred at a high-rise hotel inHat Yai, Songkhla province, that officials attributed to a gas leak and said was unrelated to the insurgent attacks. The blast killed three and caused 230 injuries, mostly from smoke inhalation.
A first batch of explosives planted inside a parked pickup truck ripped through an area of restaurants and shops in a busy area of Yala city, a main commercial hub of Thailand’s restive southern provinces, said district police chief Col Kritsada Kaewchandee.
About 20 minutes later, just as onlookers gathered at the blast site, a second car bomb exploded, causing the majority of casualties. “This is the worst attack in the past few years,” said Col Pramote Promin, deputy spokesman of a regional security agency.
Separately, a blast occurred at a high-rise hotel inHat Yai, Songkhla province, that officials attributed to a gas leak and said was unrelated to the insurgent attacks. The blast killed three and caused 230 injuries, mostly from smoke inhalation.
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