PATTANI: A bomb blast seriously injured two policemen on teacher-protection duty in Nong Chik district on Friday morning.
The bomb was detonated on the side of a road teachers use regularly to travel to school in Ban Tha Yalo of tambon Tuyong about 7.55am.
Pol Sen Sgt Maj Prasert Phewla-or and Pol Sen Sgt Maj Kittipan Aksornkaeo were part of the detail patrolling the route. They were taken to Pattani Hospital.
Security authorities blamed the attack on insurgents.
Injured policemen lie on the road in Ban Tha Yalo after the bomb explosion on Friday morning. (Photo by Abdullah Benjakat)