Two people were injured as multiple bombs exploded in southern Thailand.

Civilians were caught in blasts that hit nine locations, including residential areas across the country's deep south, at around midnight today.

CCTV footage shows masked suspects planting an explosive at an ATM booth. They took cover and detonated the bomb before raiding the cash box.

Alleged insurgents were also seen starting fires to block a road.

Authorities said two people and several properties were damaged in the bomb attacks that left villagers rattled.

Security was tightened in 'high-risk' areas following the unrest, which coincided with the founding of the Patani Malays People's Consultative Council (Bersatu) - an umbrella group of separatist organisations in southern Thailand.

Islamic separatist terror attacks target the three southernmost provinces of Thailand - Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat - next to the border with Mulsim neighbours Malaysia. Thai state employees and infrastructure are often hit, while attacks on civilians are rare.

Officials believe the conflict dates to a deal in 1909 that the British Empire struck to incorporate the Muslim region into the Siamese mainland.

The region's culture is more similar to Malaysia and dramatically different to Buddhist Thais causing decades of tension that lead to the emergence of separatist groups fighting for independence in the 1960s.

The struggle has continued ever since with more than 7,344 people killed and 13,641 injured between January 2004 and March 2022.

The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office warns against all but essential travel to the region while Canada's government warns its nationals to 'avoid all travel' to the three provinces.