At least 40 wounded after car bomb hits Thailand’s troubled south

At least 40 people were wounded on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target in the troubled zone.

The Muslim-majority border region has seethed with violence for over a decade as ethnic Malay insurgents battle the Buddhist-majority state for more autonomy.

The latest attack hit the town of Pattani around 2pm local time, with two bombs going off outside the Big C, a busy supermarket near the town centre.

The first device was packed inside a motorcycle parked in the car park, officers said, spreading panic among shoppers.