A series of bomb blasts have ripped through a key commercial district in violence-hit southern Thailand, wounding at least 10 people.
According to senior police officials, some six bombs exploded in Hat Yai district, where scores of Malaysians, Singaporeans and Indonesians spend their weekends, AP reported.
The remote-controlled Bombs were placed near two hotels, two pharmacies, a department store and a restaurant, said Col. Jetanakorn Maneetapad.
Thailand's Muslim-dominated south has been wracked by violence in recent months. Citizens have complained of rights abuses by soldiers and discriminations by the country's Buddhist majority.
Last September, six homemade bombs exploded in Hat Yai, killing four people, including a Canadian who became the first Westerner to die in the separatist insurgency.
Some 2,200 people have been killed since the insurgency flared in early 2004.
