A sizable number of Sunday's bombings were against karaoke parlors, which are regarded as decadent by the Islamic rebels. At least two schools were burned down.
Two explosions tore through power stations in Pattani Province, causing blackouts in several areas, Pattani police Major-General Kokiat Wongworachart said.
Akara that besides disrupting the New Year festivities the rebels wanted to show the international community that the Bangkok government could not control the situation in southern Thailand, thus underlining the rebels' legitimacy as separatists.
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