YALA, Thailand (AFP) – Twin bomb blasts rocked a town in Thailand's south on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding dozens in the latest violence of a six-year insurgency, police and hospital staff said.

At least 55 people were wounded -- five seriously -- in the blasts in Yala, the main town in the province of the same name, said the provincial hospital.
The bombs were hidden on motorcycles and exploded near the business district of the town, police said, pointing the finger at militants.
The rebellion across the southern provinces by a shadowy band of separatist fighting for greater autonomy in the area bordering Malaysia has left more than 4,100 people dead.
The first bomb detonated at 10:15 am (0315 GMT) in front of a car showroom and the second went off close by ten minutes later, wounding rescue workers and police who had come to investigate the first attack.
There is no link to the anti-government “Red Shirt” protests in the Thai capital, which were broken up last week by the army and had sparked several outbreaks of violence that left 88 people dead since mid-March.
There have been fewer attacks recently in the south because insurgents knew their cause had been overshadowed by two months of deadly anti-government protests in Bangkok, said analyst Srisompob Jitpiromya at Deep South Watch.