Update: Two dead in South violence


Narathiwat (Agencies) - A Buddhist woman was killed and 12 others wounded, including six soldiers, in a roadside bomb attack Saturday, while a Muslim man was shot dead in continuing violence in the South, police said.

The 7kg bomb went off in front of a grocery shop in Pattani, one of three Muslim-majority provinces bordering Malaysia, they said.

It was detonated by remote control.

The attack was aimed at soldiers who were providing security for Buddhist monks on their morning alms round, police said. Three monks were also wounded.

In nearby Narathiwat, a Muslim barber was gunned down at his shop by three suspected militants, police said.