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Southeast Asia
One killed, one wounded in southern Thailand
2007-07-18
Police review video footage of Tuesday's bombing

Terrorists Presumed insurgents wounded a rubber tapper and killed an assistant village head in Narathiwat, while police have video footage of two bombers in connection with the bomb blast in Yala on Tuesday.

An unidentified gunman shot Doromae Sama-ae on his way to tab rubber in a plantation in Rueso district on Wednesday morning. He was wounded in one arm and sent to hospital. On Tuesday night, assistant village headman Niake Salamae was shot and killed by a gunman in front of a school in the provincial seat. He died going to hospital.

In Narathiwat's Ra-ngae district, terrorists presumed insurgents fired on transformers, causing a blackout in two subdistricts. According to the initial investigation, a gunman armed with an assault rifle in a pickup truck shot at the transformers and felled a tree to block the road to prevent police pursuit. An official from the provincial electricity authority said it takes two more days to repair the damaged transformers because it needs equipment from its office in Yala to fix it. The cost of damage is estimated at more than one million baht.

In relation to the bomb blast in Yala on Tuesday, police now have video footage of two men parking the motorcycle in front of a shop in the Yala municipality. According to the preliminary investigation, the bombers may be linked to the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) insurgent group led by Ma-ae Aphibanbae. The bomb hidden in the motorcycle was detonated by remote control, killing one police officer and wounded 18 other people.

Among the injured, five policemen and two journalists remain in hospital, in good condition. The other bomb victims were released from hospital on Tuesday.
Posted by:ryuge

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