<p>The 50-kilogram device was hidden inside a truck and exploded during the busy lunch hour in the centre of Narathiwat, the main town in the province of the same name.<br /><br />“It’s very horrible. We had intelligence reports that militants would mount a large-scale attack,” Lieutenant General Pichet Wisaichorn, the southern region army commander said.<br /><br />He said seven of the 42 people injured in the blast were in a critical condition.</p>
<p>The 50-kilogram device was hidden inside a truck and exploded during the busy lunch hour in the centre of Narathiwat, the main town in the province of the same name.<br /><br />“It’s very horrible. We had intelligence reports that militants would mount a large-scale attack,” Lieutenant General Pichet Wisaichorn, the southern region army commander said.<br /><br />He said seven of the 42 people injured in the blast were in a critical condition.</p>