The Rangae district chief escaped unhurt from a bomb intended to take his life in Narathiwat province on Thursday morning.
The bomb went off about 9am on a road along the railway track near Ban Hulu Pare in tambon Tanyongmas while Supawaris Phetkarn, the Rangae district chief, and four defence volunteers were travelling on a pick-up truck to Chulabhorn Pattana village in tambon Bongo.
The district chief was to chair the opening of a civic programme at the village.
Mr Supawaris said as his vehicle was approaching Ban Hulu Pare a bomb buried on the road was detonated, apparently by radio.
The explosion damaged the district officer's vehicle and a car which was coming in a different direction, leaving a big hole on the road.
The district chief and the defence volunteers were not hurt.