Five police killed in southern Thailand bombing

BANGKOK, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Five policemen were killed and another wounded in a bomb attack on Wednesday in Thailand's restive southern province of Yala, local media reported.

The bomb, reportedly hidden in a pick-up truck for ambush, exploded in front of a school in Raman district as a police patrol vehicle providing security for teachers was leaving.

Five police officers on board the vehicle were killed and one other injured.An exchange of fire followed the explosion between surviving police and the attackers, who then fled.

Police blamed separatist insurgents whose groups have reportedly instigated more than 10,000 violent attacks in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat since early 2004, claiming over 5000 lives and injuring nearly 10,000. Enditem

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