Authorities call series of bombings worst in years
(NEWSER) - The biggest series of bombings in years killed 14 people and injured 340 in southern Thailand yesterday, reports the AP . Authorities suspect militant Islamic insurgents in the attack, which targeted shoppers and a hotel popular with Singapore and Malaysian tourists. The first explosion was a large truck bomb, going off just before noon in a busy shopping area in Yala city. Twenty minutes later, as people gathered around the bomb site looking at the damage, a second car bomb exploded, causing most of the casualties. More»
