Police examine the bomb scene where two defence volunteers were seriously wounded and another volunteer and three students received minor injuries in Muang district, Yala, on Thursday morning. (Photo by Maluding Tido)Two defence volunteers were badly wounded by a roadside bomb explosion in Muang district, Yala, on Thursday morning, while gunmen attacked a walled checkpoint manned by volunteers in Yi-ngo district of neighbouring Narathiwat overnight. In Yala, a bomb detonated on a road in Ban Kupae Purong village of tambon Bannang Sareng about 7.30am as six defence volunteers patrolling on motorcycles were passing. Another defence volunteer and three students suffered temporary deafness. In Narathiwat, about five people opened fire with assault rifles on a defence volunteers' base on Phetkasem Highway in tambon Ta Poyoh of Yi-ngo district about 11.30pm on Wednesday.

Source: Bangkok Post February 15, 2018 04:07 UTC