泰国警方说,在动荡的南部地区,疑是穆斯林激进分子在一个露天餐厅向顾客开火并且投掷炸弹。

有关当局说,星期二的袭击发生在那拉提瓦省的一间餐厅里,袭击造成了一名平民和一名警察丧生还有另外12人受伤。两名袭击者骑摩托车逃离了现场。

在这次袭击之前,星期一在邻近的北大年省也发生了一起爆炸袭击事件,造成正在庆祝佛教节日的11个人受伤。北大年省的警方说,炸弹被隐藏在一辆摩托车内。

自2004年以来,泰国以穆斯林为主要人口的也拉,北大年和陶公府等南方省份有至少3500人丧生。 大多数暴力事件和穆斯林分裂分子有关。

Police in Thailand say suspected Muslim insurgents opened fire on patrons and threw a bomb at an open-air restaurant in the troubled south.

Authorities say the attack Tuesday on the restaurant in Narathiwat province killed a civilian and a policeman, and wounded 12 others. The two attackers escaped on a motorcycle.

The attack followed a bomb blast Monday in neighboring Pattani that injured at least 11 people celebrating a Buddhist festival.Police in Pattani province said the bomb was hidden in a motorcycle.

At least 3,500 people have been killed since 2004 in Thailand’s Muslim-majority southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. Much of the violence has been linked to Muslim separatists.