AFP, BANGKOK: Most of those behind a string of bombings in Thai tourist towns are Muslims from the kingdom’s insurgency-plagued southern provinces, the country’s police chief said Monday.
It was the first clear indication that police believe a group of southern Muslims played some sort of role in the attacks which killed four and wounded dozens, including European visitors, this month.
Police chief Chakthip Chaijinda told reporters investigators believe a group of “more than 20 people” were behind the coordinated attacks.
“Most of them are from the area of the southern border provinces police operation centre,” he said, referencing a policing area that encompasses the Muslim-majority southernmost region.