Kuala Lampur, Jan. 11 -- BANGKOK, Jan 11 - A series of late-night bomb attacks targeted 11 PTT petrol stations in Thailand's southern border provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala on Sunday, causing alarm among residents and prompting a security response.

The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command reported that the incidents occurred around midnight today, with explosives planted by "malicious actors" to disrupt multiple petrol stations across the three provinces, The Nation reported.

According to the report, the affected sites included five stations in Narathiwat - in Cho-airong, Chanae, Ra-ngae, Waeng and Su-ngai Kolok districts - two in Pattani's Mueang and Kapho districts, and four in Yala's Kabang, ...