By Xinhua,
Bangkok : A school teacher was shot dead while 17 persons were wounded in a bomb explosion in two separate incidents in the troubled southern provinces of Pattani and Narathiwat early Thursday, according to the Thai news Agency.
A 53-year-old teacher was shot dead while he was driving a motorcycle to school in Pattani’s Yarang district Thursday morning.
Another incident took place at a market in the Narathiwat provincial seat when a five-kilogramme bomb hidden inside a black motorcycle was detonated by a cell phone, police said.
17 persons, including a six-month-old infant girl and a 70-year-old man, were wounded by the blast. Several motorcycles parked nearby were also damaged.
Thailand’s three southernmost provinces — Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani have been troubled with insurgency-related violence which has claimed more than 3,500 people’s lives since 2004.