By Xinhua,
Bangkok : Two bombings hit Thailand’s southern provinces of Narathiwat and Pattani on Monday, injuring five soldiers, according to a report of local news network The Nation.
Insurgents detonated a bomb to ambush a patrol unit of soldiers in Narathiwat Monday morning, injuring three soldiers, said the report.
The eight soldiers were patrolling a railway section in Ragnae district of the province when insurgents detonated the bomb with a mobile phone at 6:30 a.m. (2330 GMT).
Also on Monday morning, two soldiers of a teacher protect unit were injured when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb to ambush them in Pattani’s Panare district.
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 early 2004.