A Thai bomb squad inspects a damaged military patrol vehicle lying in a ditch near a road in Yala province on Sunday (February 10th) following a bomb attack by suspected insurgents. Five soldiers were killed in the attack. [Muhammad Sabri/AFP]

NARATHIWAT, Thailand – A string of attacks by insurgents Sunday (February 10th) killed at least six people and injured 11 others in two Deep South provinces, local media reported.

MCOT Online reported that in the first attack, a salesman was killed in broad daylight in Saiburi district, Pattani by two gunmen as he drove between schools to sell computer tablets.

Meanwhile, five soldiers were killed in a combined bomb and gun attack in Yala, the Bangkok Post reported. It said the soldiers were going to pick up farm workers at Ban Upoh in tambon Wang Phaya as part of the army's security provision for civilian workers in the region. Two rubber-tappers working nearby were also hurt.

The attacks have fuelled calls for imposing an after-dark curfew in the troubled areas, the Post said. Muslims in the Deep South have voiced opposition to such a curfew, saying it would interfere with livelihoods and religious observances.