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3 killed, 55 injured in Thailand's deep south blasts

24 May 2014 19:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least three people were killed and 55 others injured in blasts and gun attacks in Thai deep south province of Pattani on Saturday night, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

At least 13 blasts were reported at around 7 p.m. local time in several localities in Muang district in Pattani, Bangkok Post quoted local police as saying.

Three 7-Eleven outlets, the office of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), an electricity post and a petrol station in the district were hit in the blasts.

The entire district was left in a blackout following the attacks.

Since January 2004, separatist violence has plagued Thailand's Deep South, including three Muslim, ethnic-Malay dominated southern border provinces -- Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and four districts of Songkhla.

Figures from the Thai military show that insurgent violence in the Deep South has left more than 5,900 people dead and 10,600 others injured during the past decade.