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About twenty police officers combed through the area to look for clues leading to the Monday night bombing of this particular parking lot. There was no evidence to support the initial suggestion that the bomb was set off remotely by mobile phone or other remote sensing device.

Monday marked the third such attack of this year at this particular location. Six closed circuit cameras have been put in places at this particular location but this has failed to deter the bomb attack that police blamed on Malay Muslim separatists.

Police also admitted that not all of the six cameras, which were put up a year ago, were functioning properly.

The bomb, estimated to be about five kilogrammes, was tied to a motorbike at the parking lot. The motorbike was believed to have been stolen, police said.

Pol Lt Col Wasant Rakchartpanich suffered injuries to his right arm, while Pol Lt Sathit Khunthong suffered flesh and head wound from metal pieces.

Police said insurgents took advantage of the rain in Pattani to carry out this attack that proved to be another set back for the authorities who have been boasting about progress in containing the violence.