Soldier killed by bomb in Thailand's south: police

Suspected Islamist insurgents set off a bomb hidden in a motorcycle in Thailand's troubled south on Sunday, killing a soldier and wounding six other people, police said.

Suspected Islamist insurgents set off a bomb hidden in a motorcycle in Thailand's troubled south Sunday, killing a soldier and wounding six other people, police said.

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The device, containing an estimated five kilograms (11 pounds) of explosives and believed to have been detonated by mobile phone, blew up in front of a second-hand shop in Narathiwat province, they said.

Six soldiers sitting in a nearby pick-up truck during a patrol were wounded and one later died in hospital. A Muslim street vendor was also hurt, said police.

More than 4,000 people have been killed and thousands more wounded in Thailand's Muslim-majority provinces bordering Malaysia since a separatist insurgency erupted in January 2004.