Terrorists in Pattani triggered a motorcycle bomb as children were buying treats in an ice cream shop - killing a nine-year-old boy and wounding 14 others. (Photos AFP, Reuters)

HAT YAI, Thailand - Police say suspected militants in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south have detonated a motorcycle bomb that killed a 9-year-old boy and wounded 10 other people. Police Col. Tuanday Juthanan said Thursday the insurgents hid an improvised bomb on a motorcycle near a commercial district in the city of Pattani and set it off during lunch break. He said the explosion killed a 9-year-old boy and wounded 10 other people, all civilians. He said the boy died while being rushed to a nearby hospital. The explosion also damaged seven cars and three motorcycles that were parked in the area. Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat are the only Muslim-dominated provinces in the predominantly Buddhist country. More than 5,000 people have been killed since an Islamist insurgency erupted in the sub-region in 2004.