The first attack involved a truck bomb that ripped through a busy shopping district in Yala.

[1] Later, a third explosion from a device placed in a car set fire to nearby buildings.

[2] Following the bombings in Songkhla, an explosion in the basement of the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel damaged that building and an adjacent McDonald's in Hat Yai, killing at least four and leaving 416 wounded, mainly from smoke inhalation.

The bombing was regarded by some sources as an escalation in the insurgency because its target was a hotel popular with tourists from Malaysia and Singapore.

[3] The attacks have been regarded by most major news outlets as part of the broader South Thailand insurgency.