[The Nation] Four soldiers in a teacher-protection unit were wounded when a bomb hit their military vehicle in Pattani province. The armored vehicle was hurled into the sky, hit an electrical wire and landed upside-down on the road. The four troops ended up having difficulty breathing and had ringing ears, due to the blast and the impact.A policeman said, "The bomb was remotely detonated as soon as the military vehicle reached the spot," adding that the bomb could have contained 20 to 30 kilograms of explosive. The hole on the road at the site was one meter deep and two meters wide.
The incident occurred on the first day of a new academic year for most schools.