Suspected insurgents in Thailand detonated a car bomb yesterday outside a busy shopping center in the south of the country, wounding more than 50 people. No deaths have been reported.

The attackers initially set off firecrackers as a distraction before triggering the car bomb in the city of Pattani, said Pramote Prom-in, a military spokesman. The blast occurred outside one of Thailand’s Big C shopping centers, a major grocery and retail chain.