UPDATE - Explosions leave 1 dead, 14 injured at Thai resort town

UPDATES TO ADD BACKGROUND

By CS Thana

BANGKOK (AA) - At least 1 person was killed and 14 more injured after two explosions ripped through the Thai resort of Hua Hin late Thursday.

Police Radio Station FM 91 reported that one Thai vendor was killed after two explosions occurred shortly before midnight on a popular street with tourists and locals alike.

According to the radio broadcast, the injured were sent to a nearby hospital where two remain in a critical condition.

Police have asked locals to shelter in place or return home if they are near their places of residence.

The blasts occurred the day before the long weekend celebrating the Queen's birthday in Thailand, which is also marked as Mother's Day by locals.

An insurgency in Thailand’s Muslim south has wracked border areas with Malaysia for decades, but insurgents have rarely troubled areas north of this.