A bomb hidden in a pickup truck exploded in a commercial district in Thailand's violence-plagued south on Friday, killing two people and wounding 31 other civilians, AP cited police as saying. Another bomb targeting soldiers injured four. Suspected insurgents detonated the improvised explosive device while the pickup truck was parked across from a hotel in Yala province's Betong district, police Col. Wasan Phuangnoi said. He said a woman and a man were killed, and 31 other civilians, including a foreigner, were wounded in the explosion that also damaged other vehicles and set fire on buildings. Also Friday, four soldiers were injured by a roadside bomb that exploded in front of a school in Sukhirin district in Narathiwat province, according to Police Col. Somchai Panom-uppakarn. The four were on duty to protect teachers.
