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| Mosque official slain in southern Thailand |
| 2012-05-06 |
| A member of the Ban Kumang mosque committee was killed in a drive-by shooting in Yala province on Saturday morning. Supian Bensueni, 46, was returning home on his motorcycle on a local road in his village when a gunman on another motorcycle opened fire on him with an M16 assault rifle. The attackers then fled. Supian was hit several times and died at the scene. Police blamed separatist Police raid terror chop shop Police yesterday raided a garage in Narathiwat province suspected of modifying vehicles used by A 50-manteam searched an unnamed garage at about 8 a.m. as part of an effort to prevent a possible car bomb attack at a Red Cross Fair being held in the province until May 14. The search found 14 cars parked in the garage and another 14 in a nearby deserted rice mill, some of which had counterfeit license plates. They also discovered a number of Malaysian licence plates hidden in a 12-inch-diameter PVC pipe. Police impounded the evidence and were checking for fingerprints. The garage's owner was identified as Soonthorn Prompakdee, 49, who was not on the premises at the time. The raid came after authorities detained Masata Jehma, 45, for driving a car with a fake license plate after he was stopped at a police checkpoint on Friday night. Mr Masata allegedly confessed he was hired by Mr Soonthorn to leave the car at a certain gas station and someone would pick it up later. Police are checking whether the car was to be used in the bomb plot. Meanwhile, 25 video surveillance cameras installed on electricity poles on Highway 410 were destroyed yesterday by suspected Security camera footage showed a group of about 20 masked men riding on motorcycles using long wooden poles with hooks attached to pull down the cameras at three locations at about 2 a.m. yesterday. Police believed They believe their actions may have been a precursor an attack in the area. Police are working on sketches of the suspects. |
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