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| Bomb-maker nabbed in southern Thailand |
| 2015-09-20 |
| [The Nation] Security forces yesterday captured an alleged key bomb-maker in Songkhla province who is linked to the bombing of a Defense Ministry motorcade in Yala on Monday that injured five rangers. It is understood his DNA was found at the scene of the attack in Muang district. Mahadi Malee was arrested at the home of his wife, whom he married only two weeks ago. Mahadi, previously detained on suspicions of involvement in the southern insurgency, has maintained his innocence. Meanwhile, security was beefed up in the far South following the eight bomb attacks in Narathiwat's Rangae district on Thursday night. Three people were killed and 13 injured in one of the bomb attacks. In related news, officials yesterday presided over a ceremony at Pattani Prison in which a second former militant of the Patani United Liberation Organisation, Da-oh Maseng, or Da-oh Thanam, was paroled. Da-oh was given a life sentence in 1998 along with fellow militant Sama-ae Thanam, who was released on parole on July 17 after serving almost two decades. Four national security convicts and three gun-related crime convicts were also released. The releases are said to be part of the government's policy of showing its sincerity in restoring peace in the region. |
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