On Thursday and Friday, 11 more bombs rattled seven Thai provinces, killing four people and wounding dozens more. Ethnic Malay insurgents launched their armed bid for greater autonomy in Thailand's so-called "deep south" in 2004. Some of the phones, recovered by police, were reportedly purchased in Malaysia, into which Thai militants are known to cross with ease. "If my theory is correct, the message is: 'We want you to make more concessions in the south of Thailand,'" Blaxland said. Significantly, they did so in Thai, rather than the Malay script commonly used in the south.

Source: ABC News August 16, 2016 11:48 UTC