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| At least 30 bombs in southern Thailand injure at least 20 |
| 2015-05-16 |
| [Bangkok Post] Officials have stepped up security measures to their highest level in Songkhla province following a series of bomb attacks in Muang Yala municipality on Thursday night. The multiple blasts that hit 30 locations in the province have left at least 20 people wounded since Thursday. Meanwhile, six more bombs exploded in Yala's Muang district yesterday morning, injuring two and bringing the total number of bombings in the province since Thursday night to 30. Bomb disposal officers yesterday morning also gathered and destroyed an additional three bombs. Yala police commander Chamlong Suvaluck and bomb disposal officers went to examine the scene of the first bombing where a ping-pong bomb had been thrown into a shop, causing damage but no injuries. The second location was at a morning tea shop where one person was hurt. The third bombing occurred at a grocery store. The fourth bomb exploded near a healthcare center, wounding one.The fifth bomb and sixth bombs exploded in front of a grocery shop in Yala's Muang district. Col Pramote Prom-in said authorities estimated that 20 insurgents were responsible for the bombings. In nearby Narathiwat province, four military rangers were ambushed in Sukhirin district yesterday, killing one and wounding the rest. |
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