Five border patrol police officers were injured in an IED explosion on a bridge in Yaring district of the southern province of Pattani on Thursday afternoon.
Police say that a motorcycle, rigged with a remotely controlled explosive device, is believed to have been parked on one side of the Tan Yong Dalor Bridge, with an intention to harm security forces.
At about 2.40pm, a six-wheel truck, carrying five border patrol police officers, was crossing the bridge on its way back to the camp, when suspected insurgents hiding nearby detonated the device.
Shrapnel from the blast injured the five officers on the truck and damaged the vehicle.
All the injured officers were rushed to the district hospital for treatment.
