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17 Nov 06 19:09
Three bombs wound 22 in Thailand
Vipin Wilson
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Bangkok, Nov 17: Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive south on Friday, wounding 22 people, in an apparent response by separatist militants to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's visit the previous day.

Police said the first bomb, a 15 kg (33 lb) device hidden in a fire extinguisher, hit a military Humvee with five soldiers inside in a town in Narathiwat, one of the three southernmost provinces where more than 1,800 people have been killed since January 2004, reports the Nation.

The second and third bombs were detonated by mobile phone Saround an hour later at a tea shop and in a nearby street in the provincial capital of the same name, wounding 17 people, police said.
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