Small bombs hit popular southern Thai beach, damaging statue

SONGKHLA, Thailand (AP) — Police in Thailand are investigating two small bombs, one of which damaged an iconic statue on a popular beach in the country’s south.
Police in Songkhla province say they’re looking into whether the bombs were related to a Muslim separatist insurgency that has wracked nearby provinces since 2004, taking almost 7,000 lives.
The Golden Mermaid statue, which is an unofficial symbol of the province, was damaged by one bomb. The other took place about 300