Ten policemen on their way to a southern Thai village to protect teachers have been injured by a roadside bomb. In another district in the southern province of Narathiwat, a teacher was seriously injured after being shot on Tuesday. The attacks follow the killing of three labourers on Monday and four other people over the weekend.
Police Lieutenant Chavanin Kittichaiwan said the 10 policemen were in a van on their way to a school in Beuloh as part of a daily mission to protect teachers in the village when the bomb exploded. The bomb was triggered by a mobile phone and separatists were believed to be responsible, he said.
Details of the shooting in the Rue So district were not immediately available but police suspect Muslim fighters were behind it also. |