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Curfew imposed in Narathiwat after bomb attacks

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Thai security agencies say they would also tighten controls at border checkpoints along the Thailand-Malaysia border.

PETALING JAYA: Thailand has imposed a curfew from 9pm to 5am in the southern border province of Narathiwat following a series of bomb and arson attacks early this morning.

The Narathiwat task force commander said the authorities would also tighten controls at border checkpoints along the Thailand-Malaysia border, Bernama reported.

Thai police said four people were injured, after coordinated bomb and arson attacks were carried out on 11 petrol stations in the border provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani. One of the injured was a policeman who was wounded by shrapnel while inspecting the scene at a petrol station.

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