Bombs explode in tourist cities in Thailand.
A series of explosions struck three of Thailand's most popular tourist resorts on Thursday and Friday, killing two people and injuring dozens, just days after the country voted in a referendum accepting a military-backed constitution; police believe the detonations were acts of "local sabotage" and not linked to international militants.
Reuters A series of explosions struck three of Thailand's most popular tourist resorts on Thursday and Friday, killing two people and injuring dozens, just days after the country voted in a referendum accepting a military-backed constitution.
Two explosions rocked the upscale resort of Hua Hin, about 200 kilometers south of Bangkok, on Friday morning, just hours after two bombs killed one person and injured 21 late Thursday.
Hua Hin is home to the Klai Kangwon royal palace, which means "Palace Away from Worries," and where King Bhumibol Adulayadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, and his wife, Queen Sirikit, have stayed many times in recent years.
This Friday was a public holiday in Thailand to mark the Queen's birthday, which is celebrated as Mother's Day.
One person was killed and three others injured in an explosion that occurred Friday morning near a central clock tower in Hua Hin, Deputy Spokesperson and Police Colonel Krisana Pattanacharoen told reporters in the capital Bangkok.
Two small bombs exploded in the coastal tourist town of Patong on Phuket Island, and two more in Phang Nga, another tourist area in the south, on Friday, police said, adding that a Thai man was slightly injured in Patong.
Police believe the explosions were acts of "local sabotage" and are not linked to international militants, Krisana told reporters.