2007 Songkhla bombings
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The 2007 Songkhla bombings took place in Songkhla Province
, Thailand
on May 27 and May 28, 2007, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency
. At least four people were killed and 36 were injured.
The explosions started in Hat Yai
when a string of seven bomb blasts that injured 13 people in Hat Yai. Most of the bombs were hidden in garbage bins and detonated nearly at the same time starting 9.00 pm. But one bomb was hurled into JB Hat Yai Hotel and another exploded in front of Hat Yai Garden Hotel.
The following day, a bomb exploded in front of a busy market in the Saba Yoi
. The bomb, which exploded shortly after 4PM, was hidden in a motorcycle parked in front of the market next to a railway station. The motorcycle was destroyed by the blast, and a nearby car damaged, as were dozens of stalls belonging to fruit and vegetable vendors. The bombs were the first terrorist attacks in Songkhla since the South Thailand Insurgency began in November 2004.
Songkhla Province
Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia....
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Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
on May 27 and May 28, 2007, and are believed to be part of the on-going South Thailand insurgency
South Thailand insurgency
An ethnic separatist insurgency is taking place in Southern Thailand, predominantly in the Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. Violence has increasingly spilling over into other provinces...
. At least four people were killed and 36 were injured.
The explosions started in Hat Yai
Hat Yai
Hat Yai is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. Located at , it has a population of 157,359 in the city itself and about 800,000 in the greater Hat Yai area. Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla Province, the largest metropolitan area in Southern, and third largest...
when a string of seven bomb blasts that injured 13 people in Hat Yai. Most of the bombs were hidden in garbage bins and detonated nearly at the same time starting 9.00 pm. But one bomb was hurled into JB Hat Yai Hotel and another exploded in front of Hat Yai Garden Hotel.
The following day, a bomb exploded in front of a busy market in the Saba Yoi
Amphoe Saba Yoi
Saba Yoi is the southeasternmost district of Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.-Etymology:The name Saba Yoi is actually the Thai corruption of Sebayu , its original name means 'wind' in Malay.-History:...
. The bomb, which exploded shortly after 4PM, was hidden in a motorcycle parked in front of the market next to a railway station. The motorcycle was destroyed by the blast, and a nearby car damaged, as were dozens of stalls belonging to fruit and vegetable vendors. The bombs were the first terrorist attacks in Songkhla since the South Thailand Insurgency began in November 2004.