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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. It was first reported to be the cause of a gas leak but later was attributed to a car bomb.
The blast damaged many vehicles as the bomb had been placed near the police station's parking area. Later, two more blasts hit near Hat Yai Junction Railway Station as well as close to the Robinson department store. A further bomb was found near the flats in Prince of Songkhla Hospital [1] but the bomb squad was able to defuse it in time.
Hat Yai (Thai: หาดใหญ่, pronounced [hàːt jàj], also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border and the fifth-largest city in Thailand with a population of 191,696 (2024) in the city municipality (thesaban nakhon / city proper) itself and an urban population of 406,382 (2024) in the entire district of Amphoe Hat Yai.
And since then, the hotels in this zone became haunted. [67] Soi Atthakawee Sunthon (Grandma Speed – Wat Khok Now) Haunted alley near Wat Khok Now in Hat Yai city, Songkhla province. Locals believe it is the home of Grandma Speed's spirit, a fast spirit that chases after motorcycles.
The 2006 Hat Yai bombings took place in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand on 16 September 2006 and are believed to be part of the ongoing South Thailand insurgency. At least five people were killed and 82 were injured. [2] The attacks were similar to the 2005 Songkhla bombings.
The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai (1989) marked the end of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989). It was signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), and the Malaysian and Thailand governments at the Lee Gardens Hotel in Hat Yai , Thailand , on 2 December 1989.
Montage International (or Montage Hotels) is a luxury hotel and resort management company founded by Alan Fuerstman and based in Irvine, California.As of 2022, it operates 14 properties in the United States and Mexico, with seven of those properties under the Montage Hotels and Resorts brand and seven under its Pendry Hotels and Resorts brand.
Red Planet Hotels, founded in 2010, is a Japanese-owned budget hotel under Polaris Holdings Co., Ltd. focused on Asia’s expanding value hotel sector. The company owns and operates 14 hotels in the Philippines with a total 2,453, and 5 hotels in Thailand with a total of 815 rooms.