PATTANI : Two defence volunteers were injured when a bomb exploded in Panare district on Monday morning.
Thawatchai Thongnoi suffered from ringing ears and chest pain while Thammasorn Puichumpol sustained shrapnel wounds. They were sent to Panare Hospital for treatment.
The bomb went off near a new guard post the defence volunteers were building at Moo 4 in tambon Bannok. Police believed it was buried there earlier and then remotely detonated. The scene was cordoned off as bomb disposal experts moved in to clear the area.
Police said militant separatists had recently distributed leaflets in the area threatening death to defence volunteers.
