INTERNATIONAL NEWS - A series of co-ordinated blasts across Thailand has targeted tourist towns, leaving four dead and many injured.
In the resort town of Hua Hin, south of Bangkok, four bombs exploded over the last 24 hours. Several blasts also hit the island of Phuket, one Thailand's main tourist destinations, on Friday.
The timing is sensitive, as Friday is a holiday marking the queen's birthday.
The attackers appear to be focusing on tourist hotspots. So far there have been:
- Four blasts over 24 hours in Hua Hin where two people have died
- Two blasts in Surat Thani where one person has died
- Two blasts in the tourist beach town of Patong on Phuket island
- One blast in Trang where one person has died
- Blasts in the beach province of Phang Nga
