| Militants triggered two bombs on Wednesday in an attack on an armed convoy escorting teachers to work in the troubled south of Thailand but nobody was hurt, police said. The blasts were the latest in a spate of violence in the Muslim-majority south that has left more than 285 people dead this year from bomb and gun attacks and a failed separatist uprising. One person was killed and more than 30 injured last week in a bombing at a market ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Police said a third roadside device was defused Wednesday after the two blasts in Narathiwat, one of the three worst-affected provinces during this year's violence. "It is certain that the bombs are part of the campaign of unrest," said police colonel Ubon Meeboon. Teachers at state-run schools, security officials and Buddhist monks have been targeted during the resurgence of decades-long separatist violence. Islamic militants want to establish an independent Muslim state in southern Thailand. The authorities believed the insurgency had been quelled but a raid on an army camp in January that left four soldiers dead heralded a new round of violence. Thailand's Queen Sirikit is due to visit the region on Saturday. |