Increased security patrols in bombed Pattani

Increased security patrols in bombed Pattani

Security authorities cordon off the bombed road in Khok Pho district of Pattani on Wednesday. (Photo by Abdulloh Benjakat)
Security authorities cordon off the bombed road in Khok Pho district of Pattani on Wednesday. (Photo by Abdulloh Benjakat)

Extra security patrols were evident in Khok Pho district of Pattani on Wednesday after seven bombs exploded there, injuring six people, on Tuesday night.

Soldiers and police combed through Na Pradu and Khok Pho sub-districts in Khok Pho district on alert for suspicious objects and any evidence they could find.

Trash bins and phone booths were the main targets of the bombs on Tuesday night.

Five were detonated in Na Pradu sub-district -- at a Krungthai Bank ATM in front of the Na Pradu municipal office, a public phone booth, two trash bins on Road 409 and at Oranee market, and a pavilion at a fresh market.

A damaged public phone in Khok Pho district (photo by Abdulloh Benjakat)

In Khok Pho, two bombs went off, in a trash bin near a phone shop and at a phone booth in a fresh market in the municipal area.

Six people were slightly injured by the seven explosions. They were aged from 10 to 70 years

Witnesses reported to police just before the series of the explosions began about 7pm that they had seen motorcyclists place suspicious objects at several of the  locations. The bombs went off before bomb disposal squads arrived.

Authorities blamed the attacks on insurgents.

Ordnance disposal experts found several more bombs while examining the bomb scenes on Wednesday.

Two more bombs exploded in Khok Po sub-district, but caused no casualties because the area had been cordoned off from the public.

Unexploded home-made bombs were found in both Khok Pho and Na Pradu sub-districts, and the security alert was then expanded to urban areas in other districts of Pattani.

Officials said the improvised explosive devices were detonated by mobile phone.

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