Three folks died and 4 others had been wounded after a bomb exploded on a roadside in Thailand’s troubled deep south, police mentioned Tuesday.
The seven state railway workers had been on their solution to repair a piece of observe in Songkhla province, close to the Malaysian border, which had been broken in one other bomb assault on Saturday.
The most recent bomb was hidden round 200 metres from the positioning of the sooner explosion.
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“We imagine the bomb had been there since Saturday,” mentioned police colonel Chartchai Chanasit, including that no different explosive units had been discovered.
A low-level battle has simmered in Thailand’s south since 2004, killing greater than 7,000 folks, as rebels within the Muslim-majority area battle for better autonomy from the state.
The world — closely policed by Thai safety forces — is culturally distinct from Buddhist-majority Thailand, which took management of the area over a century in the past.
The explosions come after one particular person died and greater than two dozen had been wounded final month when a automobile bomb went off exterior police lodging.