Bombs injure student, soldiers

Debris is strewn over the scene after a car bomb exploded on Chonnabot Road in Thepha district of Songkhla on Tuesday morning. Two soldiers were injured. (Photo by Abdullah Benjakat)

Three soldiers and a student were injured when bombs exploded in Songkhla and Pattani provinces on Tuesday morning.

In Songkhla, a car bomb was detonated on Chonnabot Road in Ban Nikhom of tambon Tha Muang in Thepha district about 6am.

Officials said insurgents hanged a local resident and stole the vehicle, which was later packed with explosives. The vehicle was parked near an ad hoc security base. Two soldiers were injured.

In Pattani, a bomb exploded near a school protection team at Ban Pong Sakhor in tambon Moh Mawee of Yarang district.

The explosion in front of a local non-formal education centre was reported about 7.45am. PO3 Saravoot Amamool ws severely injured and was rushed to Yala Hospital.

A 12-year-old schoolgirl, Nura-iman Naesae, a resident of Moo 4 village in tambon Moh Mawee was also hiurt. She was treated at Yarang Hospital.