BANGKOK (AP) – In the aftermath of a coordinated wave of bombings that shook tourist towns in Thailand this week, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s military government is scrambling to hunt down those responsible. The 11 explosions killed four people and injured dozens, including 11 foreign tourists.
The big questions now are, who did it, and why?
There has been no claim of responsibility, but there are plenty of groups unhappy with the political situation in the Southeast Asian nation. Prayuth came to power in a 2014 coup, and his junta faces opposition from political opponents and activist groups, as well as a long-running insurgency in the nation’s largely Muslim south that has left well over 5,000 people dead since 2004.
A look at groups the government is likely investigating in the latest violence, or has ruled out:
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