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Thailand’s south rocked by wave of bomb and arson attacks | News

At least 17 bomb and arson attacks occurred overnight in Thailand’s southern provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala.

Explosions and fires have ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand, authorities said, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured several people.

The bombings and arson attacks occurred late on Tuesday and in the early hours of Wednesday morning, military and police officials said.

At least 17 attacks occurred in the southern provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, mostly at small shops and gas stations, military spokesperson Pramote Promin said. At least three civilians were reported injured.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far.

Police Captain Sarayuth Kotchawong said he received a report shortly before midnight that a suspect had entered a shop at a gas station in Yala’s Yaha district, placed a black…

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