BANGKOK (Reuters) - A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22, a spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) said, the first such attack in the region in months. “It’s the first big attack in downtown Yala in two years and is quite serious because people died.”

Thailand, which colonised the ethnically Malay south roughly a century ago, has for decades been confronted by ethnic fighters seeking more autonomy, but the conflict flared up into its bloodiest phase in 2004. "The bombing shows the insurgents never stop trying to indiscriminately destroy lives and property," Pramote Prom-in said, adding the attack aimed to undermine faith in "the state security system". Reuters The attacker had reportedly parked the bike with explosives nearby and bought goods at the market...

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. “The suspects parked the motorcycle in front of a stall selling pork in downtown Yala... it detonated 10 minutes later killing three civilians and wounding 19 others,” the policeman said, requesting anonymity.
A motorcycle bomb kills at least three people and wounds 22 others at a market in Thailand's southern Yala Province.