Bombs kill two, wound 18 in Thai Muslim south

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PATTANI, Mar 16 (Reuters): Bombs killed two men and wounded 18 people in two separate attacks in Thailand's troubled Muslim deep south, police said Sunday.
A 20-kg (44 lb) remote-controlled bomb, hidden in a car near the entrance of a hotel in the city of Pattani, killed one man and wounded 13 others Saturday, police said.
Three were injured seriously in the blast which destroyed more than a dozen cars and damaged the front of the CS Pattani hotel where officials visiting from Bangkok often stay.
Pattani is one of three far south provinces where more than 2,500 people have been killed in mostly gun and bomb attacks since a separatist insurgency erupted in January 2004.
Hours after the hotel bombing, suspected militants used a mobile phone to detonate a 5 kg bomb at a Pattani school, killing one firefighter and wounding five others.