Car bomb kills one, hurts nearly 30 in southern Thailand: Police official

BANGKOK: At least one person was killed when a car bomb exploded inside a police compound in southern Thailand on Tuesday (Nov 22), a police official said.

A single perpetrator dressed as a police officer parked the car filled with explosives inside the compound prior to the blast, the police said in a statement.

"It was a car bomb. We are still clearing the area and the number of injured could increase," said Lieutenant Colonel Niti Suksan, deputy police commissioner of Narathiwat province, adding that one police officer was killed.