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 BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Three men who said they boosted their courage with narcotics and cough syrup were arrested and confessed to involvement in deadly bombings and other attacks in southern Thailand blamed on Muslim insurgents, an army officer said Tuesday.
The three were arrested Sunday shortly after the attacks that killed eight people and wounded nearly 70 in a 24-hour period beginning Sunday night, said Lt. Gen. Viroj Buajaroon, the regional commander for the south.
Sunday's attacks took place simultaneously in all four southern provinces — Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla — where the militants operate. About 2,000 people have been killed in the area in the separatist insurgency that flared up in January 2004.
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