In pictures: Thailand blasts hit tourist towns

12 August 2016

Emergency services personnel attend to a man injured in one of the blasts in Hua Hin, 12 August 2016. — Image caption,
On Friday, the seaside resort town of Hua Hin, near Bangkok, was hit by multiple blasts near the clock tower. At least one person is dead.

Thai rescue workers carry an injured man on a stretcher to an ambulance, in Hua Hin on 12 August 2016.

AFP

Foreigners and Thai nationals were among the injured, reports said.

A policeman near the scene of one of the Hua Hin blasts. 12 August 2016.

AFP

A day earlier, twin blasts in the same resort town killed a street vendor.

Shot of the remains of a plant pot that contained a bomb in Hua Hin. Nothing but some plant roots remains. 12 August 2016.

Reuters

Police said the explosive devices that detonated on Thursday were hidden in plant pots.

A policeman behind police tape at the site of one of two bomb blasts which occurred on 11 August 2016 in Hua Hin, Thailand. Still image taken from video shot on 12 August 2016.

Reuters

The popular resort town of Hua Hin is home to the Thai Royal family's summer palace, and Thais are celebrating the birthday of Queen Sirikit with a public holiday on Friday.

An injured woman sitting in the road after a bomb exploded on 11 August 2016 in Trang.

Dailynews/Reuters

Thailand has been hit by a string of blasts across the country on Friday, including in Phuket and Trang, in southern Thailand.

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