3 dead, 50 hurt in multiple Thai south bombs

Multiple bombings killed at least three people and wounded 50 on Friday in Thailands insurgency-plagued deep-south, police said, amid signs of escalating violence in the region.Three near-simultaneous blasts targeted a hotel, police station and a Chinese-Thai cultural centre in Sungai Golok, in Narathiwat, one of three provinces in the Muslim-majority south where a seven-year rebellion has claimed thousands of lives.It was initially unclear whether the casualties were concentrated in a particular area of the town, which is on Thailands border with Malaysia.Two of the devices, outside the Parkson hotel and the Chinese centr, were believed to have been planted on motorcycles. The police station explosion was thought to be from a car bomb.