[Bangkok Post] Four Thai border patrol officers were slightly injured in a bomb attack while traveling in a vehicle in Narathiwat province on Monday morning. After being alerted about the bomb, police sent a team of explosive ordnance disposal and forensic officials to the scene. Bomb parts in a steel box indicated around 10 kilograms of explosives might have been used and triggered remotely by radio. A damaged pickup truck and motorcycle were found near the scene. Four policemen were sent to the hospital with chest pains and ringing in their ears.
A preliminary investigation indicated that a team of six policemen were on patrol in a pickup truck and a motorcycle. A kilometer from their base, a bomb planted near a sign was triggered.
Police suspect the attack was the work of insurgents.