Narathiwat - Muslim insurgents detonated three homemade bombs in two districts Friday morning, killing one civilian, injuring 19 others and also injuring five soldiers.

Two bombs were detonated by mobile phones outside a coffee shop in Nartathiwat downtown filled with patrons in the morning, killing one of them and injuring 19 others.

The other bomb was detonated by a wire in an ambush against an army patrol unit in Sungai Padi district.

The five soldiers were patrolling a rural road in Tambon Toteng at 6:45 am when a 15-killogramme homemade bomb hidden under the dirt road exploded.

Officials found a wire led to a bush nearby where militants hid in wait of the patrol unit and detonated the bomb.

All of the five soldiers in the armored personnel carrier were injured, two of them severely.

About an hour later, a bomb hidden under a marble chair outside a coffee shop in Narathiwat's Muang district was detonated by a mobile phone at 7:50 am.

The shop was filled with patrons at that time.

Ten minutes later, while bomb disposal officials were checking the scene another bomb went off. It was also detonated by a mobile phone.

The second bomb was hidden at a tree on the road island, just 15 metres away from the first explosion scene.

The second bomb injured several people who were using the road.

A total of 19 people were injured in the two bombs in Muang district while the first bomb also killed one patrol of the coffee shop.

The Nation