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Dozens of attacks in Thailand's restive south leave 3 wounded

THAILAND - Dozens of coordinated arson and incendiary attacks across Thailand's insurgency-hit south Saturday left at least three people wounded and government property burned, the military said.

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Multiple local government offices and several vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the 51 attacks, according to an AFP journalist and the military's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC). Firefighters worked to extinguish burning tyres left in the middle of a road and flames inside a 7-Eleven convenience store Saturday night, while police officers stopped motorists for security checks, footage from local broadcaster Thai PBS showed. "Multiple coordinated incidents aimed at creating unrest occurred in various locations across the southern border provinces" from around 8:00 pm (1300 GMT) to midnight on Saturday, ISOC said in a statement. Most were in Narathiwat province, where three civilians were wounded and an overnight curfew was imposed, while other attacks occurred in neighbouring Yala and Pattani provinces, authorities said. Since 2004, a low-level conflict has simmered in the southernmost provinces of Buddhist-majority Thailand, killing more than 7,000 people, as rebels in the Muslim-majority region battle for greater autonomy. No group has claimed responsibility for Saturday's attacks. Two women, aged 45 and 46, and a 21-year-old man were hurt in a roadside bombing in Narathiwat, provincial officials said in a statement. All three were hospitalized and in stable condition. (Bssnews)

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