Police said the explosion occurred at 6am in front of a pork seller&rsquo;s stall at Pimolchai market on Kwang Chia Burana Road.

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The market was busy with shoppers at the time of the explosion. 
The blast caused goods to be scattered around and great alarm - when police arrived at the scene, panicked shoppers were crying in fear.

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Police said two persons&nbsp;were killed at the scene and another died at a hospital whlie 23 others were&nbsp;injured. 
Police believe the bomb was detonated with a timing device.

Three killed, 23 injured in Yala bomb attack

Three people were killed and 23 others injured when Muslim insurgents detonated a homemade bomb hidden inside a motorcycle at a fresh food market in Yala's Mueang district on Monday morning.