"Yala bomb attack"

Muslim insurgents detonated a homemade bomb to ambush a ranger patrol in Yala's Yaha district, injuring one, police said.

Another Buddhist rubber tapper was seriously injured in the early hours of Thursday morning when he stepped on a landmine in Yala, becoming the fifth victim of attacks by Muslim insurgents since June 28 in this restive southern border province.

Two Muslim paramilitary soldiers were severely injured in a bomb attack while they were escorting a group of teachers to a school in Yala province on Thursday morning, police said.

A ranger and a villager were injured early Tuesday when Muslim insurgents detonated a roadside homemade bomb in an attack on a teacher protection unit in Yala.

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.