Two suspected insurgents have been arrested by the Thai authorities on charges of planting bombs in the country's restive south.

The first suspect is a 38-year-old man from the southern province of Narathiwat, lying some 1,000 kilometers south of Bangkok and neighboring Malaysia.

He was arrested on Thursday, accused of planting a bomb on Aug.11 at a roadside shelter in front of a local school, reported Bangkok Post on Monday.

The other suspect is a 29-year-old man from the same province. He was charged with planting a bomb on a rail track on March 27.

The explosion wounded 21 people including police.

Thailand's deep south has fallen into unceased violence since the beginning of last year, when revived local separatists started almost daily attacks against authorities and civilians.

While more than 800 lives have been claimed by the unabating violence, the authorities have yet to nab masterminds behind the violence and only a few suspects have been arrested.

In a related movement, the Criminal Court has approved a warrant for the arrest of an elder brother of a former Thai Rak Thai MP for Narathiwat, in connection with violent incidents in the deep South.

Under the warrant approved last Tuesday, Romir Uttarasin and six other suspects are wanted for conspiring with Hariff Soko, a member of the Bersatu separatist movement, to assemble arms and gather men for split actions.

Meanwhile, two people were killed by suspected insurgents in the south on Sunday.

Source: Xinhua