Thailand to tighten security in south as bombs kill three

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Thailand yesterday announced plans to beef up security in its troubled deep South in the wake of a new spate of bombings that claimed three lives and left more than 60 injured including two Americans and Malaysian tourists.

The tougher measures come less than a week after Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to reduce forces in the violence-ridden area and take a more conciliatory approach to suppressing the Muslim separatist movement that has been plaguing the region for decades.

On Sunday night three bombs were set off almost simultaneously in the southern town of Hat Yai at the airport, a Carrefour hypermarket and a hotel, killing three people and injuring more than 60 others.

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