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| Violence rocks southern Thailand for start of Ramadan |
| 2014-06-30 |
| Hopes of celebrating the first day of Ramadan in peace in southern Thailand were quashed when Narathiwat's Tak Bai district was hit by violence. In a midnight shootout between six policemen from Takbai district and ten armed men for a half-hour, two policemen were killed and their rifles and pistols stolen. Two civilians were also wounded in the incident. Takbai's police chief said the attack was launched when six policemen were on patrol on three motorcycles. He said the Meanwhile, at 7:25 a.m., two bombs went off at two locations, a rubber wood sawmill and on an electric pole, but no casualties were reported. Witnesses said the bombs were placed by four to six men who had come on three motorcycles. |
| Posted by:ryuge |