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| Southeast Asia |
| Thai soldier gunned down, eight others wounded by bomb |
| 2008-12-23 |
| One solder was shot dead in the southernmost province of Pattani as he was travelling to his post, while at least seven persons were wounded and one man died in a bomb blast in the nearby province of Narathiwat. The first victim, indentified as Second Lieutenant Nanoon Wae-ali, 51, was shot at around 7.30 am Tuesday while driving his motorcycle to work at the hospital in the Ingkhayuth Borihan military base in Pattani. He sustained body wounds from a nine millimetre weapon on the Donyang -Nong Jik road in Nong Jik district, in front of the Bothong municipality office. The slain officer was pronounced dead en route to the hospital where he was a member of the staff. At 8.50 am, a bomb exploded near the Bukit Tambon Administrative Office in Joh Ai Rong district of Narathiwat. Seven soldiers and one local administrative official wounded. Police said a five kilogramme bomb was planted at the base of the roadside tree and was triggered by s mobile phone signal. |
| Posted by:ryuge |