{"id":28010,"date":"2016-08-24T03:07:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T03:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/blasts-hit-southern-thailand-s-pattani-killing\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T03:07:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T03:07:26","slug":"blasts-hit-southern-thailand-s-pattani-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/blasts-hit-southern-thailand-s-pattani-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts hit southern Thailand&#8217;s Pattani, killing one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Two bombs target pub and karaoke bar in troubled southern province, killing one person and injuring 30 others.}<\/p>\n<p>One person has been killed and 30 others injured after two bombs exploded in a busy nightlife district in Thailand&#8217;s troubled southern province of Pattani, according to local news media.<\/p>\n<p>The first bomb targeted a pub and karaoke bar late on Tuesday causing no casualties, before a second blast struck the same area 20 minutes later in an apparent &#8220;double-tap attack&#8221;, the Bangkok Post newspaper said.<\/p>\n<p>The second bomb was designed &#8220;to maximise casualties&#8221;, Yutthanam Petchmuang, a spokesman for Internal Security Operations Command, told local broadcaster Spring News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The second explosion came from a truck parked at the hotel entrance &#8230; resulting in one death and 30 injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month a series of bombings across central and southern Thailand left four people dead and more than 30 injured.<\/p>\n<p>No group has claimed responsibility for the August 11-12 bombings but some security experts have blamed southern secessionist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2004, more than 6,200 have been killed and 11,000 injured as rebel groups fight for the creation of an independent state for Thailand&#8217;s three southern Muslim-majority provinces: Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.<\/p>\n<p>Most embassies warn nationals against all travel to Pattani &#8211; an area bordering Malaysia &#8211; that Thailand annexed over a century ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-14494 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/efdb7a6c778b4e13b37a26c01495a1b9_18.jpg\" alt=\"Near-daily shootings and roadside bombs have killed more than 6,500 people since 2004\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Two bombs target pub and karaoke bar in troubled southern province, killing one person and injuring 30 others.} One person has been killed and 30 others injured after two bombs exploded in a busy nightlife district in Thailand&#8217;s troubled southern province of Pattani, according to local news media. 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