A roadside police patrol camp in southern Thailand was attacked Saturday by an improvised car bomb that left seven officers and two civilians injured, AP quoted police as saying. The attack in Pattani province was believed to have been carried out by extremist insurgents who targeted the outpost used by special forces, said police Col. Keerati Waeyoosoh, the Pattani police superintendent. Keerati said the bomb, made from a cylinder gas tank, was placed inside a car that had been stolen earlier Saturday from a tire shop. The car was then parked before it exploded outside a roadside restaurant adjacent to the police camp, which was destroyed by the blast.
