Soldier killed, five wounded in southern Thailand bomb attack

One soldier was killed and five wounded when a powerful roadside bomb exploded as their vehicle passed in southern Thailand Sunday, police said.
The explosive, believed to weigh more than 10 kilograms
(22 pounds), was planted in a fire extinguisher on a bridge
in the Malaysian border province of Narathiwat and
triggered by a wire that led into a nearby plantation, said
police Lt. Suwit Phusathit.
The bomb killed Sgt. Maj. Pichai Wongsomsueb and seriously
wounded five other soldiers in the military vehicle which
was severely damaged, he said, according to AP.
In the adjacent province of Yala, a two-story building of
an elementary public school was burned down Saturday night,
leaving students without classrooms as they prepared to
return from a long summer break on Monday.