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Thailand blasts: More explosions strike Thai tourist towns Thailand blasts: More explosions target tourist towns
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A series of blasts across Thailand targeted the tourist towns of Hua Hin, Phuket and other locations, leaving at least three dead and many injured. A series of blasts across Thailand has targeted the tourist towns of Hua Hin, Phuket and other locations, leaving at least three dead and many injured.
They came hours after twin bombs killed one person in the seaside resort town of Hua Hin, near the capital Bangkok. They struck just hours after two bombs hit the Hua Hin resort, close to Bangkok, killing one. The town was hit again by multiple blasts on Friday.
On Friday, the town was hit again by multiple blasts. Two explosions were also reported in the popular tourist destination of Phuket. No group has said it carried out the attacks, but suspicion is likely to fall on separatist insurgents.
It comes as Thais celebrate a long weekend for Queen Sirikit's birthday. The timing is sensitive as Thais mark a long weekend for the queen's birthday.
The string of blasts on Friday include: More reports of blasts are still coming in on Friday in what appears to be a co-ordinated series of attacks, but so far the locations include:
No group has said it carried out the attacks. Blasts across Thailand in pictures
But the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says suspicion will probably fall on separatist insurgents who have been waging an armed campaign against the Thai military in the three southernmost provinces. "The bombs are an attempt to create chaos and confusion," PM Prayuth Chan-ocha said to reporters. "We should not make people panic more."
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says that if it turns out insurgents are behind these attacks it would mark a significant change of tactics after a 12-year conflict which has killed more than 6,000 people, but has never targeted tourists.
The choice of Hua Hin as a target is also significant, our correspondent adds, being known as a royal city and the king's favoured residence outside Bangkok.
Small improvised bomb attacks have frequently been used in Thailand at times of political unrest, but since the military took power in a coup in May 2014 such attacks have been extremely rare.
This comes just days before the one-year anniversary of the bomb blast at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people.
Last week Thais voted in a referendum which approved a new constitution that will strengthen the military's influence in politics for many years.