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| Thai security agency denies being behind death of militant |
| 2014-04-24 |
| A Thai security agency yesterday dismissed suspicions raised by the Federation of Patanian Student and Youth (PERMAS) that the April 17 shooting in Yala province, in which suspected Internal Security Operations Command spokesman Colonel Pramote Phrom-in yesterday responded to PERMAS' statement by saying that the agency intended to arrest those who carried out violent attacks and bring them to justice. He said the agency offered suspected In their statement, PERMAS said the decade-long war in the region had claimed many innocent lives and the death of the six-year-old boy was a violation of a legal convention. It also called on the government to allow human-rights organisations, NGOs, civil-society and people's sectors to monitor investigations into incidents in which rights have been violated. However, Pramote dismissed the claims, saying soldiers were there to provide security for people and their properties. He insisted that the region was not a war zone, adding that those behind violent attacks had to be arrested and punished according to law. Separately, the motorcycle bombing on Tuesday believed to have targeted two senior clerks at Narathiwat's Chanae District Office might have been carried out by an armed group led by Abdul-harem Jehtu, who was wanted for 10 national security cases, a national security agency source said yesterday. The senior clerks and four village defense volunteers were returning from a school sporting event in an armored pick-up truck when the bomb went off. The truck was slightly damaged, amd a passing motorist sustained minor injuries. Meanwhile, as part of an investigation into another shooting attack on Sunday that killed three people, including a two-year-old girl in Yala province, arrest warrants have been issued for two suspects identified as Sameem Samae and Sabri Jehwae. |
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