Southern militants detonated a home made bomb while a group of village defence volunteers were on a routine motorcycle patrol, injuring six persons, including three school students.

credit to Thai PBS English News

The violent attack happened on Thursday morning near Ban Bannang Sareng in Muang district of Yala province.

As the defence volunteers in four motorcycles were passing the village on a routine patrol to provide safety to teachers, a homemade bomb placed at a roadside tree was detonated.

The explosion injured three volunteers, two seriously, and three students who were passing by.

The explosion alerted police who arrived with a EOD team. The road was later sealed off to all traffic as the EOD combed the area for more possible hidden bombs.

All the injured were admitted to Yala hospital centre.