Motorcycle bomb injures police

Two border patrol police were injured by an explosion on a local road in Yarang district of Pattani province on Tuesday morning, police said.

Police inspect the motorcycle after the bomb. (Bangkok Post photo)

They are Pol Sen Sgt Maj Nives Lueruang, 41, and Pol Sen Sgt Maj Pornthep Saiwongtia, also 41.
They were taken to Yarang hospital.
Eight border patrol police were travelling on four motorcycles to escort teachers from their homes to the village’s school on the local road when a bomb hidden inside a motorcycle parked on the roadside was detonated.
Police blamed separatist militants.

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