ACM Kasem Yoosuk, head of the Office of His Majesty’s Principal Private Secretary, represented HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn in visiting the injured victims at the intensive care unit of Pattani Provincial Hospital, in the southern border province.

The three – a five-year-old girl and two women – were recovering after undergoing separate operations to treat their injuries.

They were among some 80 people, including five children, injured in the explosion at a large retail store in Pattani. Twenty-seven people remained in hospital.