YALA, July 19 – A roadside motorcycle bomb blast on Tuesday wounded 16 people, including military personnel and local residents, in front of a school in the southern border province of Yala, according to the Yala bomb disposal squad and forensic unit.

The 16 casualties, including nine military personnel, three students and four residents, have been hospitalised at Bannang Sata Hospital for medical treatment after an explosive device hidden in the motorcycle blew up in front of Ban Tao Poon School in Bannang Sata district.

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