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Southeast Asia
Ranger critically wounded in southern Thailand
2013-05-04
A paramilitary ranger was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province on Thursday night.

Police received a report about 8:10 p.m. that a ranger was shot and seriously injured on a bypass road in Sungai Kolok municipality. A joint police and military force went to the scene and found a motorcycle lying in the middle of the road and bloodstains. Villagers told them that the injured ranger had already been taken to the hospital.

He was identified as Ranger Suradi Puteh. Witnesses said Mr Suradi was riding pillion on his friend's motorcycle when a gunman in a pickup truck fired six shots at him and his friend. The attackers then fled. Suradi was critically wounded.

Police blamed separatist terrorists militants.

Before leaving for Pattani on Friday morning, Defense Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said he will visit local security officials.

Asked about security measures for Thai Buddhists in the region after terrorists militants scattered leaflets threatening more violence until the government accepts demands of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), ACM Sukumpol said the measures will be taken in line with the changing situation. He said he does not believe the leaflets were issued by the BRN as they are easy to print and scatter.

Asked about the brutally slayings of six people, including a two-year-old boy, at the grocery shop in Pattani on Wednesday night, ACM Sukumpol said he did not want to discuss it as it would give credit to the bad guys.
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