BANGKOK: A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said Saturday, in a further blow to the country's tarnished reputation as a top tourist destination.

The bomb, packed inside a Mazda pick-up truck with false number plates, exploded late Friday in the car park of the Central Festival mall on the popular island while late-night shoppers were inside the building.

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