BANGKOK, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- New school term in Thailand's southernmost provinces is greeted with a large number of police and military deployed to step up security of schools, local media Tuesday reported.
The first of November marks the re-opening of the second semester of most schools. In Yala province in Thailand's deep south, security of 111 schools were tightened. Security checkpoints were set up along main and secondary roads. Cars, trucks, motorcycles and individuals were being searched for weapons.
In Songkla, one of the southernmost provinces neighboring Yala, more than 200 volunteer defense corps were deployed to guard schools.
The step-up security comes after a spate of bomb attacks on school in the country's restive deep south.
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