Two Bombs exploded on Sunday at three polling stations in restive southern provinces of Pattani and Narathiwat, injuring four soldiers and a police officer, local police said.

Two of the three polling stations were positioned at the same place.

The two explosions both occurred about 20 minutes after polls closed at 3:00 p.m (0800 GMT) local time in Narathiwat's Joh I Rong and Tak Bai districts.

Earlier, suspected militants tried to disturb the election by placing empty boxes with a mobile phone taped on it to make people think they were explosives at seven areas in Pattani's Yarang district.

Police cordoned off the areas only to find that they were empty boxes.

Source: Xinhua