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The National Security Council secretary-general Tuesday said the simultaneous bomb attacks in Hat Yai Sunday night had nothing to do with the political situation in Bangkok.

NSC secretary-general Prakij Prachonpajjanuek said the bombs were the works of insurgents in the three southern border provinces and had nothing to do with the electoral fraud cases against the Thai Rak Thai and Democrat parties.

Some bomb experts noted that the pattern of Hat Yai attacks was similar to the bombings in Bangkok on New Year's Even.

But Prakij said he believed the insurgents simply wanted to show off that they were still active.

The Nation