Insurgents detonated a bomb inside a school in Southern Thailand's province of Narathiwat Thursday morning, injuring two soldiers and terrifying about 140 students there.
Local police were quoted by local newspaper The Nation's website as saying that the explosion occurred at 9:45 am (0245 GMT) inside the Ban Pase School in Rangae district.
Police said the insurgents hid a homemade bomb at a tree near a school building and detonated it while two soldiers were near the spot.
Fortunately, all students were studying in classes so none of them were injured.
Following the explosion, the school management decided to close the school indefinitely because teachers feared for their safety.
Thailand's three southernmost provinces -- Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani -- have been troubled with insurgency-related violence which has claimed more than 2,800 people's lives since 2004.
Source:Xinhua
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