Eight bomb blasts in Thai resort town of Hua Hin and southern province killing four

Bangkok August 12: At least four people have been killed in eight bomb blasts that have hit across Thailand in the past 24 hours, in the resort town of Hua Hin and southern provinces, authorities said.

“Twin bombs at the clock tower killed one and injured three,” said Hua Hin district chief Sutthipong Klai-udom, referring to two new blasts in the town Friday that followed twin bombings there the night before.

As well as the four blasts in Hua Hin, there were two on the tourist island of Phuket on Friday along with one in the island gateway town of Surat Thani, and one in southern Trang on Thursday, officials told AFP.

Of the four people two were killed in Hua Hin, one in the island gateway town of Surat Thani, and one in southern Trang, with many others are injured.

There were also blasts on the tourist island of Phuket.

Thailand’s junta chief termed the bombings an attempt to trigger unrest in a country blighted by a decade-long political crisis.

“The bombs are an attempt to create chaos and confusion,” junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha told reporters in Bangkok after nine explosions rattled across the country, in the resort town of Hua Hin and several southern provinces.

“Why have the bombs occurred as our country is heading towards stability, a better economy and tourism — and who did it? You have to find out,” he said.