Seven killed as violence continues in the south
Yala - At least seven people have been killed in separate attacks by suspected insurgents in southern Thailand, including a bomb attack that left five security officers dead.
In the deadliest incident, insurgents ambushed a military convoy that was protecting teachers on their way to school early Tuesday in Yala. A 20-kg bomb exploded under a military truck, immediately killing a soldier. Four civilians working as security officers survived the blast, but were shot in the head at point blank range at the head by at least 20 militants waiting nearby. A second bomb exploded nearby just moments later. It is believed that that explosion was meant to prevent security forces from rescuing the men. A third bomb meanwhile exploded outside the home of a local government official in neighboring Narathiwat province, but injured no one. Students in Narathiwat found a fourth bomb outside a school as they were arriving for their classes, but police managed to defuse it. Meanwhile, two Muslim men were killed in separate drive-by shootings also blamed on the militants, police said. The Nation
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