PATTANI, Thailand — Suspected insurgents detonated a car bomb Tuesday outside a busy shopping center in southern Thailand, wounding more than 50 people in a huge blast that ripped the building apart and sent people running for their lives. The attackers initially set off a small bomb outside the mall before triggering explosives planted in a pickup truck at the shopping center's entrance in the city of Pattani, said police Capt. Human Rights Watch released a statement Wednesday saying 61 people had been injured, including children. The rights group also said the pickup truck driver was missing. "The double bombing of a crowded shopping mall shows a vicious disregard for civilian lives," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

Source: Philippine Star May 10, 2017 01:41 UTC