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| Five injured in food stand bombing in southern Thailand |
| 2009-09-09 |
| Five people were injured, including one seriously, Wednesday morning in a bomb attack at a roadside food shop in PattaniÂ’s provincial seat. Among those injured are four women, including the shopkeeper and a civil servant, and one man. One of victims sustained serious bomb fragment wounds to the head and torso, said Pol Col Manus Siksamus, superintendent of Pattani Police Station. An initial investigation found that two men on a motorcycle threw a homemade bomb, contained in a PVC pipe, into the roadside food shop where 10 people were having breakfast. Fortunately, the explosive device hit an electric power pole and caused a 30-centimetre wide hole with pieces of the bomb scattering across the scene, according to a local bomb disposal and forensic science unit. In a related development, security authorities arrested Abdulmutolib Ding, 39, a leading member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) operation team at his house in Pattani province. The court in SongkhlaÂ’s Na Thawi district had issued an arrest warrant for Mr Abdulmutolib, on charge of gathering forces and firearms to instigate unrest, particularly in Pattani province and four districts of Songkhla province. The RKK leading member was previously arrested with equipment for making an explosive device and other bomb-related materials, but was later acquitted on all charges. According to a police investigation, Mr Abdulmutolib continued his involvement in the insurgent RKK ringÂ’s operation during the |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 Because eating breakfast is just to modern for Mo worshipers? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-09-09 09:49 |