Bomb kills nine in Thailand

A roadside bomb killed nine civilians and wounded two in Thailand.

The victims, all Buddhists, were travelling in a pickup truck to hunt wild pigs. The bomb exploded in Yalta, one of the three provinces victim of sporadic insurgent violence.

This was the region’s deadliest attack since gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at a mosque during evening prayers in Juine in 2009. The attack had killed 11 people.