Phamon Phonphanit, 61, a reporter for local newspaper Sue Samut Atyakam succumbed to severe burns sustained in the third explosion of a triple bombing while he was covering the attack. Phamon was pronounced dead at Yala Central Hospital.Two car bombs and one motorcycle bomb exploded in Sungai Kolok on Sept 16, killing three Malaysians and one Thai and injuring at least 110 others. The fifth victim, another Malaysian, was pronounced dead last week.
Narathiwat provincial police have identified two suspects in the bomb attacks using footage from surveillance cameras. One of them was Suhaidee Kubaru, of Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district. The other was Muhammadsakri Saising.
Meanwhile, authorities interrogated two suspects about a bombing inside the Prachabamrung School compound in Rangae district on Friday. One soldier was wounded in the attack.
The two were apprehended as they drove past the school shortly after the bomb exploded. The suspects denied involvement, but they gave conflicting statements.
A 33-year-old man was seriously wounded in Narathiwat province after he was shot in his left arm and shoulder by suspected
In another district, an armed man stormed a fresh market and killed two vendors and seriously wounded two others yesterday. The gunman approached a group of Buddhist vendors at the Muslim-dominated market and shot Wichai Suaphan, 50; an unidentified female vendor in her 70s; Wilailak Suaphan, 52, the wife of Wichai; and Phanni Arunrat, 67.
The gunman, who arrived on the back of a motorcycle, sped away after the attack. He was believed to be a close aide of a key figure of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) separatist movement named Maro Zo, police said.
Wichai and the female vendor died at the scene, while Mrs Wilailak and Mrs Phanni were wounded severely.
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