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| Bomb wounds 20 in southern Thailand |
| 2007-05-01 |
| A bomb blast rocked a busy night market wounding 20 people in southern Thailand, where an Islamic insurgency has killed more than 2,000 people since early 2004. A handwritten note found at the scene said the attack Monday in Pattani province's Muang district was revenge for a deadly weekend bombing at a mosque, said police Lt. Somjit Nasomyon. Monday's bomb was hidden in the front basket of a motorcycle, which was parked in front of a Muslim food stall in the market in Muang district, said Somjit. The 20 wounded people, four of them severely hurt, were rushed to the hospital. Customers fled the scene in panic, and vendors closed their shops early, witnesses said. Somjit said a message written in red ink said, "This is revenge for people in the mosque ... who were cruelly killed by the soldiers." Earlier Monday, suspected Muslim insurgents killed two Buddhist villagers, beheading one of them, and left a similar message saying the attack was in response to the mosque attack. The two burned bodies, one of them headless, were found on a road in Pattani's Nong Chik district, said police Lt. Natachai Janpho. A severed head was found about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the scene, he said, adding they were apparently killed Sunday night, but there was no indication as to how. In a separate incident Monday, a bomb was detonated at a roadside restaurant in Narathiwat province's Sungai Kolok district, injuring one worker. The bomb was hidden in a bag that belonged to a customer who left the restaurant before the detonation, police said. It was triggered by a mobile phone that was later found near the scene. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 1. bomb ... in front of a Muslim food stall 2. "This is revenge for people in the mosque" Stupid is as stupid does. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-05-01 10:15 |