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Bomb blast chaos marks Thai new year |
A series of explosions has brought injury and chaos to New Year
celebrations in Thailand.
As Asian cities marked the arrival of 2008, tourists were targetted
by a series of bomb blasts. Some 27 people were wounded when
suspected Muslim insurgents set off five bombs in a tourist town on
the Malaysian border. A hotel and the nightlife area of Sungai
Kolok were the targets. One of the bombs went off inside a hotel
discotheque and another was hidden in the carrying basket of a
motorcycle outside a hotel, said army spokesman Colonel Akara
Thiprote. At least one person was killed. "Sungai Kolok is a
tourist town and people were here to celebrate the New Year. I
think this is why they targeted the town," Akara said. In the
Philippines, a fire destroyed nine firecracker stalls north of
Manila, sending burning debris and smoke billowing into the sky.
Two bystanders were hurt in Bocaue - known as the country's
firecracker capital. Investigators suspect the fire was
accidentally lit by a cigarette or reckless testing of firecrackers
in an alley of stalls.
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