Assault was in a police compound in Narathiwat, a border province witnessing a decades-long rebellion.
No less than one particular person has been killed and 30 wounded when a automobile bomb exploded in a police compound in southern Thailand, police mentioned.
Tuesday’s blast in Narathiwat province got here shortly after a suspect drove a automobile into the police lodging and deserted it, in line with Narathiwat Governor Sanan Pongaksorn.
Police had been checking safety digital camera footage to determine the suspect, the governor added.
“We’re nonetheless clearing the world and the variety of injured may improve,” mentioned Lieutenant Colonel Niti Suksan, Narathiwat deputy police commissioner.
The fatality was a police officer, whereas the injured included each civilians and officers, in line with Pornprasit Jantra, director of the Narathiwat Rajanagarindra hospital.
There was no declare of accountability for the assault.
Southern Thailand has witnessed a simmering rebel since 2004, as fighters within the Muslim-majority provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, and components of Songkhla, battle for larger autonomy from the state.
Greater than 7,300 folks have been killed within the battle within the provinces alongside the border with Malaysia, in line with the Deep South Watch group, which displays the violence.
In August, explosions and fires ripped by way of no less than 17 areas in southern Thailand, in what seemed to be a number of coordinated assaults that injured seven folks.
Peace talks that started in 2013 have confronted repeated disruptions.