[VIDEO] Over 20 Injured In 3 Bomb Blasts At Malaysian-Thai Border

Malaysians living in the border towns have been assured there will not be any spillover of the violence from the recent bombings in southern Thailand. The situation at the Malaysia-Thai border is under control, said the commanding officer of the 2nd Infantry Division, Major-General Datuk Mohd Shukuri Ahmad.

"Our soldiers are ready to face any circumstances. Like in Kelantan, I congratulate them for being able to handle the situation at the border well in ensuring peace along the Malaysia-Thai border," he told reporters after a visit to the Malaysia-Thai border at Jeram Perdah in Rantau Panjang here today.

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Malaysians have been advised to avoid Thai areas which came under bomb attacks on Sunday.
The Malaysian consulate in Songkhla issued a travel advisory to Malaysians to stay away from Padang Besar, Sadao and Danok in southern Thailand which were rocked by explosions.

First consulate officer Mohd Rozaimi Harun also advised Malaysians to avoid other areas along the Malaysia-Thailand border. The advisory told Malaysians to be wary of certain areas in Bangkok where anti-government protests are being held.

The consulate also confirmed that no Malaysians were hurt in the blasts, as reported earlier.
Rozaimi said initial reports claiming that two Malaysians were injured were untrue.

“We received word from the Songkhla governor’s office that two Malaysians were injured and were taken to hospitals in Sadao and Padang Besar,” he said.
“However, upon sending our officers to the hospitals, no Malaysians were reported to have been admitted.”

The Thai border towns of Danok, Padang Besar and Sadao were rocked by pre-Christmas bombings, leaving a horrifying trail of mangled metal, burning vehicles and bloodied limbs and bodies.

THE FIRST EXPLOSION occurred between 10.30 am and 10.40 am when a bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded in front of the Padang Besar police station on the Thailand side across the border from Malaysia.

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THE SECOND BOMB exploded at about the same time. It was placed on a motorcycle and went off in front of the Sadao police station. No one was injured.

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THE THIRD BOMB went off in front of the Oliver Hotel. It was placed in a car and activated with a digital watch. The fourth bomb was set off in front of a shop in Bukit Kayu Hitam on the Thailand side of the border.

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At least two Thais were killed and over 20 injured in a series of blasts in the Thai border town of Danok in Songkhla on Sunday.

"Three bombs exploded Sunday in southern Thailand, injuring more than two dozen people in what appeared to be an attack by Islamic insurgents, authorities said." - AP

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More than 5,000 people have been killed in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's three Muslim-dominated southernmost provinces since an Islamic insurgency erupted in 2004.

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He said the security forces would conduct patrols and inspections at every entry point into the Hatyai district as intelligence indicated that separatists planned to bomb tourist attractions in Hatyai.

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Meanwhile, police said there had been an attempt to explode a bomb in Phuket.
They said they found a car stolen in Pattani in front of the police station in Phuket with a cylinder of cooking gas and an explosive device in it, but the device was defused by the police.

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Malaysian deputy consul-general to Songkhla, Mohd Rozaimi Harun, confirmed that no Malaysian was injured in the blast that occurred at about 11.40am. Mohd Rozaimi said earlier information about two Malaysians being injured in Danok was inaccurate.

Bernama had reported Songkhla Governor Jrisada Boonrach as saying that the Malaysians were injured in the third explosion, in front of the Oliver Hotel here at 1.45 pm. The 'Malaysians' turned out to be Myanmars. The town was rocked by a series of blasts from bombs hidden in parked motorcycles and cars.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin said in the police Facebook page that the situation there was under control and security and preventive measures had been enforced, including tightening inspection at the Malaysia-Thailand entry points.

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