BANGKOK (AFP, REUTERS) – Phuket and Surat Thani, the gateway to Thailand’s southern resort islands, have been hit by explosions, officials said on Friday (Aug 12), as another resort town Hua Hin was rocked by more blasts hours after explosions killed one and injured more than 20.
A total of four people have been killed in the various blasts.
Two loud blasts were heard in Hua Hin on Friday, a Reuters witness said. In Surat Thani, provincial governor Wongsiri Promchana said the bomb, hidden in a flower bed, exploded in front of the marine police offices, killing a municipal worker and injuring another man.
“I think it’s related to the blasts in Hua Hin,” Wongsiri told AFP, referring to the overnight attack in the town that lies further north.
There were unconfirmed reports of two bomb blasts on Phuket, the most popular destination in Thailand for Australians, and Surat Thani on the Gulf of Thailand.
The incidents came as Thais marked the 84th birthday of Queen Sirikit.