Thailand: Bomb explosion kills three railway workers in Songkhla province


A bomb explosion on a railroad track killed at least three railway workers and officials as well as injured several others in southern Thailand on Tuesday, officials said, blaming separatist insurgents for the attack.

The bomb was planted near the site of an explosion Saturday that had derailed 11 of 20 cargo cars without causing any casualties in Songkhla province, railway officials said.

“While the railway officials were clearing the track, insurgents conducted another bombing a few hundred meters away from the first bomb site,” Lt. Gen. Santi Sakuntanak, the army chief in the Deep South, said during a visit to the scene.

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Source: Benar News