Twenty hurt in south Thailand bomb blast

A bomb blast injured at least 20 people today in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, police said.

A bomb blast injured at least 20 people today in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, police said.

"We don't know yet if anyone was killed, but around 20 people were injured," a police officer said in the border town of Sungai Ko-lok, where the blast occurred.

A total of 85 people died after a protest earlier this week.

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