Three civilians, including a three-year-old boy, and five soldiers were wounded by a bomb explosion on a road in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district on Tuesday.
Police said a patrol from Narathiwat Task Force 36 was the target of the bomb, which was in a black bag left in a push cart in front of a cemetery of Ban Taba in tambon Che He of Tak Bai district.
As the patrol was passing the spot on a vehicle the bomb was detonated with a remote control.
The explosion wounded five soldiers, one seriously.
Three villagers passing by on two motorcycles were also injured. They were two women and a three-year-old boy, who was seriously wounded.