Two policeman killed and two injured by roadside bomb in terrorism-ravaged southern Thailand

Two policemen were killed and two others injured when a roadside bomb from suspected Muslim separatists exploded today in Thailand's terrorism-ravaged deep south.

The officers were travelling in a pick-up truck when the device was detonated in the Bannang Sata district of Yala province close to the border with Malaysia at around 10am local time. Pictures of the aftermath show how the truck was flipped over by the force of the blast and into a ditch.