KNU denies festival attack


In the aftermath: The site where an explosive device was thrown into a crowd during an annual festival Umphang, Tak province. — AP

Authorities in Thailand have arrested two men following a bomb blast at a festival near the border with Myanmar that killed three people and wounded dozens, police said.

An improvised explosive device went off on a dance floor at a festival in Umphang district in Thailand’s northern Tak province on Friday night, according to local police.

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