NARATHIWAT: Two soldiers were killed in a bomb blast in Thailand’s Muslim-majority deep south, police said Thursday, the latest deaths from a recent uptick in violence in the insurgency-plagued region.

Shootings and explosions are a near daily occurrence in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces where more than 6,500 people -- the majority civilians -- have died since a rebellion against Thai rule re-ignited in 2004.

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