One Dead, Dozens Wounded In Thai Car Bombing

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 24, 2016 | 12:38 PM

PATTANI, Thailand,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -24th Augst,2016) : A car bomb exploded in a nightlife district in Thailand's deep south, killing one and wounding more than 30, in a nation already on edge after a bombing spree that targeted tourist towns. The latest blast struck late Tuesday outside a hotel in Pattani.

"So far there is one killed and more than 30 injured," Major General Thanongsak Wangsupa, Pattani provincial police commander, told AFP Wednesday.

"The hotel building was considerably damaged." Pictures showed fires burning on the road outside the hotel's shattered facade, with police picking through the rubble.Nearby a car was destroyed, parlours and restaurants also damaged.