By Xinhua,
Bangkok : Thai southernmost insurgents on Saturday morning triggered a huge bomb installed along a main railway in Narathiwat Province, causing the halt of southern rail service. One railway inspector was also injured, local radio said.
The 10-kilograms bomb, wrapped inside a big iron box, was installed along the railway in Ruso district, the Traffic Radio reported.
The insurgents hidden nearby triggered the bomb by mobile phone signal while six railway inspectors were checking facilities along the railway at about 7 a.m. (0000 GMT).
An 18-year-old inspector was injured on his chest and was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Local railway service halted immediately after the bombing. Local railway officials said workers were rushing to repair the railway and the service could be restored in two hours.
Thailand’s three southernmost provinces — Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani — have been troubled with insurgency-related violence which has claimed more than 3,500 lives since it resumed in early 2004.