Four rangers killed by bomb in rebel-hit Thai south

Ethnic Malay rebels waging an insurgency in the far south of Thailand regularly target security forces and also teachers and officials perceived as collaborators with the state.

Bangkok (AFP) - Four Thai army rangers were killed Friday when a roadside bomb tore through their truck as they were securing a road for teachers, an army official said, the latest carnage in an insurgency roiling the kingdom's far south.

The Muslim-majority region that borders Malaysia has seethed with violence for over a decade as ethnic Malay insurgents battle the Buddhist-majority state for more autonomy.