One woman has died and 19 people were injured following twin blasts in Thailand, according to police.
The two explosions took place 30 minutes apart in the seaside resort of Hua Hin, near bars in the nightlife district of the popular beach town after 10.00pm.
"One Thai woman was killed and altogether from the two bombs 19 people were injured," a local police officer told AFP.
"Three are in serious condition and seven of the injured are foreigners - four women and three men," he said.
Reports said the Thai woman killed in the first explosion was a street vendor selling papayas.
The two blasts were 50 metres apart, he added.
A second local police officer confirmed the bombings and said officials are still investigating a motive and the type of explosives used.
Photos published in local press showed emergency workers evacuating victims from the area on stretchers, and some foreign tourists with minor cuts and injuries gathered in a local hospital for treatment.
It is common for small blasts to rock Thailand during times of heightened political tension, but there have been few such incidents in the past year and it is rare for tourist destinations to be targeted.
Hua Hin is a high-end resort town south of Bangkok that is a popular with both local and foreign tourists.
The blasts also come days before the one-year anniversary of the last major bombing in Thailand, an attack in the capital that killed 20 people on 17 August, mostly foreign tourists.
