46487877 The victims in southern Thailand were four
Four people were killed in three terrorist attacks that occurred in southern Thailand on the night of September 17. It is reported by Associated Press. Among the dead was a tourist from Malaysia. According to information published by Bangkok Post, 118 people were injured, 43 of them required hospitalization. According to Radio Australia, explosions occurred almost simultaneously in a tourist town in the province Sungay peg Narathiwat (Narathiwat) about the hotel, police station and Sino-Thai Cultural Centre. Two explosive devices were laid out in motorcycles, and the third – in the car. As reported by UPI, the police detained two suspects. The authorities claim that the current explosion is the drug mafia, against whom police have recently taken active measures. It is the drug mafia, according to authorities, funded extremist Islamic groups operating in the south. In southern Thailand, Muslim-majority population. Majority of Muslims believe that the government infringes upon their rights. Victims of conflict in 2004 were about five thousand people.