HAT YAI, Thailand — A Buddhist monk and a Thai policeman were killed and six other people wounded in a bomb attack on Saturday by suspected insurgents in southern Thailand, police said. The bomb was remotely detonated in Pattani province, targeting monks who were receiving alms during a Buddhist ritual and police officers guarding them, said Col. Panya Karawanan, chief of Saiburi police station.
He said wounded included another monk, two police and three civilians. Pattani is one of three Muslim-majority provinces in predominantly Buddhist Thailand. — AP
