PATTANI, Feb 7 (TNA) – One police officer was killed and four others were injured in a bomb blast in southern Thailand’s Pattani province on Friday morning, police said.

Bomb explodes at garbage truck parking in Narathiwat

The explosion occurred at approximately 7:30 a.m. at Don Yang Intersection on Highway 43 in Nong Chik district, while police officers were patrolling the area to provide security for teachers and the public.

The perpetrators planted an improvised explosive device in a garbage bin next to a guard post and detonated it when the police officers arrived,” said Police Colonel Kritsada Kaewchan, superintendent of Nong Chik Police Station.

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