A roadside bomb kills five policemen in southern Thailand.<br/> <br />A pick-up used by suspected insurgents blew up when the patrol car passed by on a dirt road.<br/> <br />More than 5,000 people have been killed in eight years of violence, in Thailand's three southern border provinces. The Thai government blames violence on Islamic separatist groups.<br/> <br />Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
