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| Three bombs kill seven, injure dozens in southern Thailand |
| 2012-03-31 |
| Three bomb attacks killed seven people and injured dozens more on Saturday in the heart of Yala. The blasts took place just minutes apart at the Ruam Mitr intersection in the main business center of Yala municipality around noon on Saturday. Colonel Pramote Promin, a spokesman for the southern army region, told said, "Seven people are confirmed dead, more than 70 others were wounded in the Yala bomb blasts. There were three bombs that exploded. The first is a car bomb and the second and third bombs were hidden in motorcycles." The first bomb was hidden in a motorcycle parked outside a karaoke club. Several shophouses near the bombing sites were on fire and many parked cars and motorcycles were damaged by the powerful explosions. Yala Governor Dethrat Simsiri said that 68 people were injured by three blasts that occurred within a 100-meter radius and minutes apart. One policeman was injured in a separate motorcycle bomb attack in neighbouring Pattani province. The policeman was wounded by an explosion at a food shop near Mae Lan police station in Pattani province. The victim was admitted to the hospital but his identity and dfetails of his condition were not available. Police blamed separatist Also,a villager was killed in an ambush while walking home on a local road in Pattani province late Friday night. The victim was identified as Ama Wani, 34. He was walking home with his four-year-old son on the a road in the village when |
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