Southern insurgents have turned to the use of rented, instead of stolen cars for the construction of car bombs, according to Lt-Gen Santi Sakuntanark, commander of the southern-based Fourth Army Region on Friday.

Bombings in Pattani Prompt Heightened Security Measures

He disclosed that the vehicle used as a car bomb, which was detonated yesterday on the access road to a fishing pier in Pattani’s Mueang district, was rented from a man in Bang Pla Ma district of Suphan Buri, with a Songkhla license plate.

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By Thai PBS World