[Bangkok Post] Seven policemen and a female civilian were wounded by a car bomb that exploded near a Border Patrol Police base in Pattani province on Saturday afternoon. The blast at the BPP base in Muang district sent thick black smoke into the sky, forcing security forces to seal off the area.Provincial police commander Pol Maj Gen Thanongsak Wangsupa said, "The bomb was put in a Honda Jazz, which was stolen from a nearby village [on Saturday] morning."
Earlier in the day, a civil engineer was wounded by several gunshots as he was driving to his garage in the same district. An unknown number of gunmen shot Somsak Dussadeepiriya and fled with his car.