Thai Muslim south hit by series of bombs, 7 injured

YALA, Thailand, June 15 (Reuters) At least seven small bombs exploded in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south today, wounding at least seven people, police said.

The bombs exploded almost simultaneously at police stations, checkpoints and local government offices in Pattani and Yala, two of the three southernmost provinces where more than 1,300 people have been killed in the two-year separatist insurgency.

The most serious explosion took place in front of Kokpoe police station in Pattani province, wounding seven civilians, a Kokpoe police officer told Reuters by telephone.

Two bombs were planted in a toilet of Yala City Hall and a toilet in the Yala police station, they said.

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