By Xinhua
Bangkok : A bomb planted near a Chinese shrine in Thailand’s southern Pattani province was triggered by insurgents on the eve of Chinese New Year Wednesday morning, wounding one soldier.
The soldier was guarding the shrine for Chinese descendants who went to pay respect to the goddess in Sai Buri district when the bomb went off in the morning, the Bangkok Post reported on its website.
He was rushed to hospital and security forces have reached the shrine for investigating.
Thailand’s three southernmost provinces — Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat have been troubled with insurgency-related violence which has claimed more than 2,800 lives since it resumed in early 2004.
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