A bomb exploded at a tea shop on Wednesday morning near a busy market in violence-plagued southern Thailand, killing three people and injuring nine, police said.
A mobile phone triggered the homemade bomb, which exploded when a military truck pulled up to the teashop in the municipal township of Pattani, said police Col Prasert Chansawang of Pattani province.
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Six soldiers were among the injured. The three fatalities were civilians seated at the cafe when the bomb exploded about at 0730 hrs IST, he said.
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