Three railway workers killed in Thai train bombing

The workers were repairing tracks near Khlong Ngae station, not far from the Malaysian border, when the bomb exploded at about 6.30am, according to authorities.

Officers examine a section of track damaged by a bomb blast in Songkhla province, southern Thailand (AP)

Three Thai railway workers have been killed and four others were hurt after a bomb exploded as they were clearing the wreckage of an earlier attack over the weekend in the country’s south, police said.

The workers were repairing tracks near Khlong Ngae station, not far from the Malaysian border, when the bomb exploded at about 6.30am (11.30pm GMT on Monday), according to authorities.