Southern Thailand rocked by six bomb blasts, three fatal shootings

Members of a bomb squad unit inspect the scene following five roadside bomb blasts at four separate locations by suspected separatist militants in Bacho district in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat. - AFP

NARATHIWAT: Six bombs went off in the district of Bacho, southern Thailand on Friday in an assault by members of a liberation movement to commemorate an attack in the district three years ago.

In the Feb 13, 2013 incident, a group comprising 16 freedom fighters were killed during an attack on a navy camp in Bacho.