A military ranger was killed and 14 other people, including a monk, were injured in two separate bomb attacks in Yala and Pattani provinces yesterday.The first attack took place in Yala's Muang district when two rangers - Jenkawi Kanchanaprom, 24, and Nisai Chalit, 24 - left their base to conduct a routine patrol. The home-made bomb, hidden under a roadside bridge, blew up when the two rangers arrived in the area. Jenkawi died instantly while Mr Nisai was seriously wounded. The blast left a small hole in the road and scattered metal shards around the area.
Police blamed
In nearby Pattani province, a Buddhist monk, three women and nine soldiers, were injured when a bomb exploded in Muang district yesterday morning. Two of the nine soldiers were seriously wounded.
The bomb went off in Pattani province as a team of soldiers was escorting Buddhist monks during their morning alms collection. The bomb was hidden inside a cooking gas container on a pushcart parked on a footpath. It was triggered by remote control.
Pvt Sathit Chanlao, 22, and Pvt Khaokhom Paipod, 22 were seriously injured in the blast which also slightly wounded the other soldiers, a 21-year-old monk and the three women.
The explosion badly damaged a military pickup truck. The impact of the blast shattered the glass doors and windows of about 20 houses along the roads and damaged three motorcycles parked nearby.
Villager gunned down in drive-by
A villager was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province on Wednesday morning. The victim, Ammalee Abdulloh, 47, was riding his motorbike back home on a bypass road when a gunman riding pillion on another motorcycle shot at him three times. The attackers then fled. Ammalee fell from his bike and died at the scene.
Police blamed separatist