Three bombs went off on Thursday morning in Pattani province, but no one was hurt.Two bombs exploded in Muang district just before dawn, one outside a department store and the other at an automobile showroom.
Police received a call at 4:40 a.m. that a bomb had been set off in front of the department store. An Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team was sent, and found the bomb had exploded in a trash bin at the store entrance.
While investigating the scene, the team found a possible second bomb at the stairs of the auto showroom about 200 meters from the department store. The team backed away and tried to remove the bomb with a hook, but it exploded during the retrieval process.
The third bombing took place behind a kindergarten on Thursday morning in Yaring district. At about 7:30 a.m. when the home-made bomb, planted in front of a tree on a road behind the kindergarten, was detonated as a police patrol vehicle was passing by. The blast shattered the vehicle's windshield and left a hole in the road. The three policemen who were in the vehicle were not hurt.
In Yala province, four police officers and two civilians were wounded by a bomb explosion on Thursday morning. Police said they think southern