Four dead in Thai Buddhist festival blast: Police
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Buy SPH photosBANGKOK (AFP) - Four people were killed and more than 20 injured when a homemade bomb was detonated during a fight at a Buddhist festival in north-east Thailand early on Monday, police said.
The explosion killed two policemen and two revellers at a concert to celebrate Makha Bhucha Day at a pagoda in Maha Sarakham province, local district police chief Kritchai Sreumsri told AFP.
He said police officers responding to a fight near the celebrations were chasing a man who was apparently carrying a homemade device when it exploded.
More than 20 people, including the man being chased, were injured in the blast at the town of Nadoon.
