Special report: Situation in Thailand

      OTTAWA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- A Canadian was killed in Thailand on Saturday in a series of simultaneous bomb blasts in a busy tourist shopping street, Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed.

    Rodney Moore, spokesman for the ministry, told reporters here that Canadian officials were aware that a Canadian had died in the Thai blasts, but he declined to disclose the victim's name, citing privacy laws.

    Thai police later identified the deceased Canadian as Jessie Lee Daniel, 35, whose hometown was not immediately known.

    Two Thai nationals, a man and a woman, were also killed when the bombs went off in the town of Hat Yai, the main commercial and shopping center in southern Thailand.

    Early reports indicated that a fourth person might have also been killed, while about 68 others were wounded. The wounded were believed to include two Malaysians, a Singaporean and two unidentified Westerners.

    The blasts happened when separatists detonated a series of remote control bombs hidden inside six motorcycles parked in the center of the town's shopping and hotel district. Enditem

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    BANGKOK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and over 70 others were injured in six bomb attacks Saturday night in Thai southern province of Songkhla, a military source told Xinhua.

    The six bombs went off one after anther at around 9:30 p.m. (1400 GMT), in Hat Yai City, the capital of Songkhla. Among the casualties, many are foreigners, the source said.

    One bomb was triggered inside a Chinese food restaurant where many foreigners, mainly Malaysian travelers, were have supper. Another five exploded around the Big-C shopping mall, the Odean shopping center, a car parking building, a public toilet and the Lee Gardens Hotel, which are all located in the business district of Hat Yai City.  Full story>>

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