Thai Police Looking for Suspects after Tourist Sites Attack
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Thais and tourists headed warily into the main part of a big holiday weekend Saturday as police looked for suspects and a motive behind a series of blasts that shook resort towns across Thailand, killing four people and wounding dozens more.
The violence appeared aimed at dealing a blow to the country's tourism industry, which brings in crucial income to the government. One small bomb exploded on a beach in Patong on the island of Phuket and four others rattled the seaside resort city of Hua Hin, prompting businesses to shut their doors, streets to empty and anxious tourists to huddle inside their hotels.
Eleven foreigners were wounded in the blasts, including nationals of Austria, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
Royal Thai Police Col. Krisana Patanacharoen said Friday it was "too early to conclude" who was behind the attacks. But he said the bombings followed "a similar pattern used in the southern parts of the country" - a reference to a low-level insurgency in the country's south that has ground on for more than a decade and killed more than 5,000 people.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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