By Xinhua
Bangkok : At least three bombs were triggered by suspected local insurgents in Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat on Monday, damaging local power supply and mobile phone signal transmission.
All the three bombs were planted in Narathiwat’s Jo Ai Rong district, local police said, adding that two of them were installed near two power relay lines and the other one were planted near a mobile phone pole.
According to the report of The Nation news network, power supply and mobile phone usage for the areas were immediately crippled after the blast.
Police found pieces of wrist watch at the scenes of the attacks and believed that they formed part of the trigger mechanism.
Police said the three bombs were similar in size and compositions and believed the same group carried out the attacks.
Thailand’s three southernmost provinces — Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani have been troubled with insurgency-related violence which has claimed more than 3,000 people’s lives since 2004.