BANGKOK, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Violence continued in Thailand's insurgency-plagued far south as 10 persons were wounded in bombings late Friday, the Thai News Agency reported Saturday.

    A remote-controlled bomb, hidden under a sofa, exploded at a restaurant in Sai Buri district of Pattani province Friday night, wounding seven customers, all local residents, who were rushed to hospital.

    In Narathiwat province's Cho Ai Rong district, a roadside bomb exploded in front of a school as a patrol of six soldiers were passing by on Friday night. Three soldiers were wounded and taken to hospital.

    Also on Friday night, In Yala province, Bantalosumae school was burnt on. Two classrooms were completely destroyed. Police believed that the arson is linked to the southern unrest.

    Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala have been hit by insurgents on an almost daily basis and nearly 2,200 persons have died in over three years of violence.

Violence kills 18 in S Thailand

Thai soldiers examine the wreckage of a military pick-up truck at the site of a bomb blast in Thailand's insurgency-torn southern Yala province, 1 June. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Southern Thailand experienced some of its worst violence to date Friday when seven worshippers were killed when suspected insurgents fired into a mosque and a roadside bomb killed 11 paramilitary troops almost simultaneously, the army said.

    The bomb exploded Thursday on a road in the Bannang Sata district in Yala province as government-hired paramilitary rangers drove by, killing 10 of them instantly, said Thai Army spokesman Col. Akara Thiprote. Another ranger died later at the hospital. Full story

Bomb ambush kills 10 paramilitary troopers in S Thailand

    BANGKOK, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A patrol unit of paramilitary troopers was ambushed in Thailand's southern border province of Yala on Thursday night and at least ten soldiers were killed, a local military source told Xinhua.

    The unit from Paramilitary Troopers Taskforce 41 was patrolling Yala-Betong Road in Yala's Bannang Sata district at 9:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) when suspected insurgents detonated a roadside bomb, the source said. Full story