10 Year Old Girl Killed in Pattani Insurgent Bombing

Initial investigation showed that the rangers were on the way back from providing security at a mosque and were passing houses when the bomb went off.

The blast killed Itima Sajeh, 10 at the scene and injured three others villagers including a seven-year-old and a 18-year-old girls. They were bystanders. Two rangers were also wounded.

On Friday, two people were killed and at least 40 injured by a car bomb in the town of Betong in Yala. Town centre car bombings are relatively rare in the south, with many deaths caused by drive-by shootings or separatist ambushes.

Deep South Watch, a group that monitors the region, says a total of 631 people have been killed and 986 wounded during the month of Ramadan over the past 10 years. In all, more than 6,150 people have been killed.