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| Southeast Asia |
| Five Thai policemen wounded in police station attack |
| 2014-07-20 |
| A police substation in Pattani province came under attack by suspected terrorists Thung Yang Daeng's provincial police chief yesterday praised all seven officers stationed there for their heroic effort in defending the facility and driving away the attackers after an extended fight. A trail of blood, likely from injured attackers, was discovered at the scene. The attack was apparently planned as the 40 or so attackers split up into three teams for a three-pronged assault. When soldiers from an army outpost tried to make their way to the substation to assist, a roadside bomb hampered their move. No soldiers were wounded. The attackers also blocked access to the police substation with several felled trees and spikes. Investigators say the three attackers' teams had launched an offensive from three positions, two of them stationed on upper floors of a building nearby to observe the area and set up vantage points. Before launching the attack, a flare was shot into the air to make the target visible, before two rounds of M79 grenades were launched at it, followed by firebomb grenades and automatic gunfire from three directions. |
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