Three bomb blasts have struck the southern town of Yala, killing nine people and wounding dozens more, local officials say.
The first two bombs are thought to have been hidden inside motorcycles, while the third was planted in a nearby car.
They detonated only minutes apart, damaging vehicles and setting the surrounding shops and buildings on fire.
“There are nine dead now and 112 injured people sent to our hospital,” a nurse in the emergency unit of Yala provincial hospital said.
The public health ministry said 10 people were in critical condition with severe burns.
Yala city is the main commercial hub in the country’s south.
Thailand’s restive South is plagued by regular terrorist attacks and violence from Muslim extremist insurgent groups operating in the region.
Thai bomb squad members inspect the wreckage of a car at the scene of a car bomb blast in Thailand’s southern restive province of Yala on March 31, 2012. (AFP Photo / Muhhamad Sabri)
Thai rescue workers take care on an injured man on the back of a pick up truck at the site of a car bomb blast in Thailand’s southern restive province of Yala on March 31, 2012. (AFP Photo / Muhhamad Sabri)
A Thai army soldier in civilian clothes (C-R) helps an injured man away from a car bomb blast in Thailand’s southern restive province of Yala on March 31, 2012. (AFP Photo / Muhhamad Sabri)
Thai rescue workers help an injured fireman at the scene of a car bomb blast in Thailand’s southern restive province of Yala on March 31, 2012. (AFP Photo / Muhhamad Sabri)
A Thai rescue worker looks for injured people at the site of a car bomb blast in Thailand’s southern restive province of Yala on March 31, 2012. (AFP Photo / Muhhamad Sabri)