SOUTH CRISIS

Karaoke bars in Narathiwat suspend business after Saturday attack

Scores of karaoke bars in Narathiwat suspended their business on Sunday after scores of people were injured in an insurgent attack at a karaoke bar in Muang district on Saturday night.

Unknown gunmen had opened fire and injured two women working at Maya Karaoke Bar in Soi 21/1 on Na Kakhon Road at about 7.20pm. Police then went to inspect the scene. At 7.45pm, the bomb went off in front of a massage shop on Suriyapradit Road, 100 metres from the scene of the shooting, just after a team of police passed.

It injured a further 15 people. Four nearby commercial buildings and 12 motorcycles were also damaged.

Following the attack on Saturday, some 60 karaoke bars in Narathiwat's Muang district on Sunday announced they closed their service out of fear that their business may be a target again.

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