For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com or <br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br /><br />A roadside bomb in the southernmost province of Thailand has killed nine civilians and injured two. The region is often targeted by Malay militants who are fighting for a separate state in the region.<br /><br />A roadside bomb kills nine civilians and wounds two in Thailand's southern Yala Province on Tuesday. It is the deadliest attack in 19 months in the predominantly Muslim region bordering Malaysia.<br /><br />The victims were all Buddhists who were traveling in a pickup truck when the bomb exploded.<br /><br />Police say the bomb was planted in the road and detonated remotely by a cell phone, destroying the truck.<br /><br />The violence is believed to be the work of ethnic Malay militants, although no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.<br /><br />Four soldiers were killed and five wounded last Wednesday when rebels armed with grenades and assault rifles stormed an army outpost in Narathiwat Province.<br /><br />Roadside blasts are common in the region, but military and police patrols are usually the targets.<br /><br />More than 4,300 people have been killed since 2004, as ethnic Malay Muslims fight for autonomy from Thailand's Buddhist majority in the rubber-rich region.
