Thailand: Schools targeted in bomb attacks

Suspected Muslim insurgents launched simultaneous attacks across four provinces in southern Thailand, killing six and wounding at least 50, an army spokesman said.

The attacks yesterday evening were the first time the insurgents have struck all four of the enflamed provinces – Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla – at the same time, said army spokesman Col. Akara Thiprote.