Two Chinese vendors were seriously injured Sunday in an attack in Thailand's deep South while a school was torched in the violence-plagued region, according to a Bangkok Post report on Monday.

In the border province of Narathiwat, two Chinese vendors were attacked by four motorcyclists while they were selling blankets tovillagers in Baan Sipo of Rangae district on Sunday. Armed with 9mm guns, the four male teenagers shot Huang Giang-ju in the chestand So Si-huang in the legs.

Three other Chinese vendors on a rented pick-up truck were questioned by the police.

The shooting was part of attempts to create chaos in the South,local police was quoted by the newspaper report as saying.

On Sunday morning, a school building in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district was burned down in an arson attack. Flames tore though the building as a 20-strong village patrol and local residents tried in vain to contain the blaze, police said.

The police believed at least two arsonists sneaked into the school and set the fire.

Pairat Sangthong, director of Educational Region 2 in Narathiwat said the building had been targeted earlier in April but at that time local villagers had managed to put the fire out.

Thailand's Muslim-dominated deep South has fallen into constant violence since the beginning of this year. Police officers, government officials and civilians often became victims of the violence. By far, more than 300 people have been killed in various attacks in the region.

Source: Xinhua