Across Asia: Thailand

Blast wounds 7 soldiers

Police say suspected insurgents detonated a bomb as two truckloads of soldiers passed, wounding seven troops in Thailand's restive south.

Police said the attack happened yesterday afternoon soon after the vehicles, with 38 soldiers, left a camp in Bo-ngo sub-district in Narathiwat province. He says police found a gas canister at the scene used to plant the mobile phone-triggered explosive device.