Nine civilians were killed and two injured when a roadside bomb blew up in Yala province on Tuesday. All of the victims were Buddhists. They were in a pickup truck going to hunt wild pigs when the IED explodedIt was the deadliest attack in southern Thailand since terrorists opened fire with automatic weapons at a mosque on June 9, 2009, killing 11.
It was the second major attack in a week and will be a blow to government claims that violence has fallen significantly recently, citing more security and public relation campaigns.