Six injured in Thailand bomb blasts

Six people, including two police officers and four civilians, were injured as bomb explosions tore through two karaoke lounges in a hotbed of the Muslim uprising in southern Thailand.

The home-made bombs exploded within minutes of each other at lounges in Tak Bai district of Narathiwat province, the scene of an anti-government rally two years ago in which 85 Muslim protesters died at the hands of security forces.

Another home-made bomb, apparently targeting police, went off on the roadside.