BANGKOK, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Suspected insurgents launched a spade of attacks in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat from Saturday night to early Sunday, killing a teacher and a villager and injuring three officials, local media reported.

    In Rusoh district, a soldier was injured when the insurgents detonated a bomb buried on village road at around 7:00 a.m. (0000 GMT) Sunday.

    In Joh Ai Rong district, insurgents detonated a bomb and damaged two police patrol cars at 9:10 p.m. (1410 GMT) Saturday. Ten minutes later, two men on a motorcycle hurled a Molotov cocktail against a villager's house. The fire was quickly put out, causing little damage.

    In nearby Sungai Padi district, police were ambushed by a group of insurgents and two sides exchanged gunfire for about five minutes on Saturday night. A villager and a teacher were killed and two policemen were injured during the attacks.

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