Three monks, three policemen and three locals were slightly injured after an improvised bomb went off in front of a laundry in Pattani province on Monday morning.The monks, guarded by three policemen, were collecting alms when the bomb, hidden under a flowerpot, was detonated by remote control when the group was about five meters away. The injured were rushed to the hospital. Police suspected the bomb was planted by
Pattani Deputy Governor Lertkiat Wongphopan later maintained that the attack on monks and monk-protection officers reflected the
In neighboring Yala province, an explosion took place in a shack inside a banana plantation on Monday morning. Police found the body of Yako Ya-ngo, 55, in front of the shack. Nearby was a 70cm-deep 80cm-wide hole from the five-kg bomb impact and pieces of the metal box, electric wiring and the battery.
An investigation revealed that Yako, a security volunteer for Raman district, was inspecting his banana plantation when he stepped on the bomb and set it off. As Yako had been shot at twice before, police suspect
Vegetable vendor injured in drive-by shooting
In Narathiwat province, a vegetable vendor was injured in a drive-by shooting. Bahari Salae, 22, was driving a pickup truck on a local road heading to a fresh market when he was shot by a man riding on the back of a motorcycle. The attackers then fled.
In Yala province, two power poles were brought down by explosives late on Sunday night but no one was wounded. Police received a report about the bombings at 7:30 a.m. An investigation showed that two electricity poles had been toppled and turned up evidence of two home-made bombs having been detonated by timers.
Villagers told police that the two blasts occurred about midnight, and the electricity supply was abruptly cut off. No one dared to go out to see what was happening. They reported it to police on Monday morning.
Police blamed