YALA, March 6 (TNA) – Multiple civilians were injured in a pipe bomb attack at a railway crossing in the southern Thai city of Yala on Wednesday, authorities said.
Two assailants on a motorcycle threw two pipe bombs at a railway crossing checkpoint on Si Roros Road within the Yala municipal area, according to police. One of the devices detonated, while the other failed to explode.
Several people were injured by shrapnel from the explosion. They have been taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The attack occurred around 8 p.m. when several vehicles, including an 18-wheeler truck and motorcycles, were passing through the area.
Authorities suspect the attack was carried out by insurgents active in the area.
Yala, along with neighboring provinces Pattani and Narathiwat, has been the site of a decades-long insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives. -819 (TNA)
