NARATHIWAT - Two Malaysian tourists were injured when a road bomb exploded beneath their car in Tak Bai district late on Monday morning.
The Internal Security Operations Command said the bomb was in a pipe placed under the road near Sa Pom intersection in Ban Praiwan, tambon Praiwan. It detonated at 11.41am as a Malaysia-registered car passed over it.
The two Malaysian tourists in the vehicle were both injured, but not critically. The car was extensively damaged.
Abdullah Syarapi Bin Abd Rahman, 45, suffered a cut to his forehead and injuries to his left hand and left thigh. Muhammad Yusri Bin Udin, 38, suffered wounds to his right arm and left hand. Both remained conscious.
They were taken to Naradhiwasrajanagarindra Hospital in Muang district.
