Thai police investigate bomb blasts in Hua Hin

Thai police said on Friday (August 12) they are investigating the explosions in the resort town of Hua Hin.

The popular upscale tourist resort has been hit by four explosions, two late on Thursday (August 11) and two more early on Friday.

Two small bombs also exploded in the Thai tourist resort island of Phuket on Friday.

The bombs that exploded late on Thursday in Hua Hin killed one Thai woman and wounded 21 people, nine of them foreigners, Thai police said.

The Hua Hin District Chief, Suthipong Klai-udom, said investigations are ongoing.

“We will have to evaluate situation hourly now as it looks like the trend of violence is escalating,” he said.

The twin sets of explosions happened as tourists flock to Hua Hin for a long weekend celebrated for the birthday of Thailand’s Queen Sririkit, which is also Mother’s Day in Thailand.

Small improvised bombs have been used frequently for attacks during periods of unrest over the past decade of political turmoil in Thailand.

However, such attacks have been rare since the military seized power in a May 2014 coup. Thais voted less than a week ago in a referendum to adopt a military-backed constitution, the first test of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the ballot box since he seized power in the 2014 coup.