Bomb kills 2, wounds 4 in S. Thailand

Bangkok - Two village defence volunteers were killed and four others were wounded by a bomb while patrolling in a district of southernmost Pattani province on Monday afternoon.

According to the police, six village defence volunteers were patrolling on a pick-up truck in a village when the assailant detonated a bomb which was implanted on the road.   

The explosion destroyed the pick-up truck, killing two instantly and wounding four others, two of them seriously.

Since the resurgence of the insurgency in 2004 in three Muslim- dominant provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat which were once part of the Sultanate of Pattani, over 5,200, mostly villagers, have been killed and about 8,000 injured.