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BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Two near-simultaneous explosions in insurgency-hit southern Thailand killed one person and wounded a further 71, police said.
According to The Associated Press, police chief Maj. Gen. Surachai Suebsuk said the first blast Tuesday appeared to target a meeting of 300 village chiefs and local officials from Narathiwat province who were leaving when a bomb hidden inside a parked car exploded in the building's parking lot.
Two minutes later, another explosion took place near a tea shop, police said. Surachai told AP that a bomb hidden in a motorcycle had detonated outside the building.
The blasts occurred a week after Thailand's new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, visited the violence-plagued region.
Narathiwat is one of three Muslim provinces in southern Thailand -- a predominantly Buddhist country -- where insurgents have been waging a years-long secessionist movement.
Thousands have been killed while various administrations have tried to bring the violence under control.
CNN's Kocha Olarn contributed to this report.
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