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4 killed in wave of bombings in Thailand
Published Fri, Aug 12, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Bangkok
A SERIES of bombings struck five provinces in Thailand, mostly at sites popular with tourists, on Thursday and Friday, in what a senior Thai official called a coordinated wave of attacks. Four people were killed and dozens wounded, the police said.
Prawit Wongsuwan, a deputy prime minister in Thailand's military-run government, said the attacks were "absolutely conducted by the same network".
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