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Police in Thailand say at least 60 people have been injured by three near-simultaneous bomb blasts in the south of the country.
The blasts on Tuesday occurred in Sukhirin district, part of the southern province of Narathiwat.
No deaths have been reported, although the attack is by far the biggest to hit the region in several months.
Reports quote local police as saying the bombs exploded almost at the same time - two outside a local government office, the other at a nearby teashop.
The first blast came from a car bomb while the device near the teashop was hidden in a motorcycle, police said.
Narathiwat is one of three majority Muslim provinces in the far south of predominantly Buddhist Thailand, bordering Malaysia.
The region has seen scores of attacks over the past five years that police have attributed to Muslim separatist fighters.
More than 3,000 people have died.
The violence has ranged from drive-by shootings and bombings, to beheadings and appears to target both Buddhists and Muslims associated with the Thai state, such as police, soldiers, teachers and government officials.
Human rights groups also accuse the Thai military and police of carrying out atrocities.
On Monday night a 47-year-old religious teacher was shot dead in Narathiwat province, while a 41-year-old man was killed later the same night in a similar attack in nearby Pattani province, police said.
Last week Somchai Wongsawat, Thailand's new prime minister, visited the south and told reporters that the troubles in the region appeared to have eased.
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Map of Thailand
Al-Jazeera
