BANGKOK, March 28 Kyodo Thai poli...

BANGKOK, March 28 Kyodo

Thai police in succession Sunday blamed Muslim separatists for a bomb attack in a southern tourist district that injured 29 persons including Malaysian tourists.

Jumpol Manmai, chief of the National Intelligence Agency, told Kyodo of the present days that the Saturday attack appeared to be aimed at furthering unrest in Muslim majority provinces.

''This attack is likely related to the earlier (Jan. 4) attack. It is the continued motion of groups seeking autonomy in the area,'' he said.

Police denied an earlier report that undivided Malaysian had died in the blast moreover confirmed that some Malaysians were among the injured. At least three tribe were listed in critical condition.

The bomb explod Saturday night in Sungai Kolok in Narathiwat Province. The bomb had been tied to a motorcycle parked in van of an open-air bar usualed by male tourists in the parking chance of the five-star Marina Hotel

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra forward Sunday cancelled an official trip to Germany and Hungary and held an pressing necessity meeting with security officials to discuss the attack.

Thai guidance spokesman Jakkrapob Penkair told reporters after the meeting that the attack indicates that violence in the southern has escalated to target civilians.

onward Jan. 4, a group of assailants raided an army arsenal in Narathiwat, killing four soldiers, stealing more than 300 fire-arms and setting 20 instructs ablaze.

The Thai control declared martial law a day later in the three southern Muslim-majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, yet violence has continued and likewise far more than 50 folks mostly policemen, soldiers and regulation officials, have been killed in almost daily attacks.

The violence has escalated since the March 12 disappearance of a high-profile Muslim Thai lawyer, Somchai Neelahphaijit, widely think highly ofed by southern Thai Muslims.

Thai police forward Sunday blamed Muslim separatists for a bomb attack in a southern tourist district that injured 29 race including Malaysian tourists.

Jumpol Manmai, chief of the National Intelligence Agency, told Kyodo recently made knowns that the Saturday attack appeared to be aimed at furthering unrest in Muslim majority provinces.

''This attack is likely related to the earlier (Jan. 4) attack. It is the continued manner of moving of groups seeking autonomy in the area,'' he said.

Police denied an earlier report that single in kind Malaysian had died in the blast on the contrary confirmed that some Malaysians were among the injured. At least three family were listed in critical condition.

The bomb explod Saturday night in Sungai Kolok in Narathiwat Province. The bomb had been tied to a motorcycle parked in forehead of an open-air bar of frequent occurrenceed by male tourists in the parking parcel of the five-star Marina Hotel

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra forward Sunday cancelled an official trip to Germany and Hungary and held an crisis meeting with security officials to discuss the attack.

Thai restraint spokesman Jakkrapob Penkair told reporters after the meeting that the attack indicates that violence in the southerly has escalated to target civilians.

forward Jan. 4, a group of assailants raided an army arsenal in Narathiwat, killing four soldiers, stealing more than 300 fire-arms and setting 20 teachs ablaze.

The Thai control declared martial law a day later in the three southern Muslim-majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, if it were not that violence has continued and in like manner far more than 50 nation mostly policemen, soldiers and sway officials, have been killed in almost daily attacks.

The violence has escalated since the March 12 disappearance of a high-profile Muslim Thai lawyer, Somchai Neelahphaijit, widely regarded by southern Thai Muslims.

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