Bombs kill seven in southern Thailand town

YALA: Three bomb attacks killed seven people and wounded dozens more Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south, the military said.

The blasts hit the centre of Yala around midday just minutes apart.

"Seven people are confirmed dead, more than 70 others were wounded in the Yala bomb blasts," Colonel Pramote Promin, spokesman for the southern army region, said .

"There were three bombs that exploded, the first is a car bomb and the second and third bombs were hidden in motorcycles," the colonel said.

Several shop houses near the blast sites were on fire and many parked cars and motorcycles were damaged by the powerful explosions.

A Yala city policeman said more than 50 wounded had been taken to hospital.

"The bombs went off about 10 minutes apart," he said.

One policeman was wounded in a separate motorcycle bomb attack in Mae Lan district of neighbouring Pattani province, police said. (AFP)