3 rangers injured in bombing in restive S. Thailand

BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Three Thai paramilitary rangers were injured Thursday in a bomb explosion in restive southern province of Narathiwat, Thai News Agency reported.

Police said a nine-man ranger team, on a routine security patrol in Narathiwat's Chanae district, was caught in an ambush using a home-made bomb detonated with a mobile phone signal.

The three wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital.

Police blamed suspected separatist militants for the bombing.

More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in over 11,000 incidents, about 3.5 incidents a day, in Thailand's Muslim, ethnic-Malay dominated three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and four districts of Songkhla since violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, which monitors the regional violence.

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