A roadside bombing killed five defense volunteers and severely wounded another as they went to inspect the scene of a fatal shooting attack in Narathiwat province.The six-man defense volunteer team on a pickup truck was responding to investigate a shooting at a rubber plantation in Ruso district. As the pickup truck passed Suro village, a 20-kilogram homemade bomb hidden beneath the road surface was set off.
The powerful explosion immediately killed the five defense volunteers and seriously injured another. The bomb destroyed the vehicle and made a one-meter deep hole with electric wire and bomb fragments scattered around the scene.
Prior to the bombing, Somsak Saengngam, 53, was gunned down in the rubber plantation while he was at work Friday morning.
Initially, police believed that the incidents were carried out by members of the
Bomb injures two garbagemen in Khokchang
A bomb exploded in Yala province on Friday morning, wounding two municipal garbage collectors working for the city of Khokchang. Both victims were struck by bomb fragments.
They were at work in their garbage truck and a bomb exploded as they lifted a bin to put trash into the vehicle. Local authorities believe that