Blast kills one, wounds 30 in southern Thailand

Published on 24 Aug 2016 4:32:16 PM

One person has been killed and 30 wounded in a bomb blast in southern Thailand.
Two explosions went off on Tuesday night near the Southern View Hotel in the town of Pattani - one in the hotel car park, and another from a truck near the hotel entrance.
The second bomb caused all the casualties.
The attack comes less than two weeks after a series of unexplained blasts in southern Thailand killed four and wounded dozens.
The attacks seem to have targetted the country's tourist hot spots.
No group has claimed responsibility.
Since 2004, the government has been battling insurgent groups in three southern provinces that border Malaysia.
Security experts say insurgents could be responsible.
A referendum last month revealed a sharp difference in opinion between those provinces and the rest of the country.
They rejected a new military-backed constitution, while the rest of the country supported it.