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| Brazen attack in Thai Deep South shatters Ramadan truce |
| 2022-05-30 |
Filed under Page 1: War in Terror on spec. Based on subsequent information we’ll know whether it needs to be moved to Page 3. [BenarNews] A dramatic attack shattered a nearly two-month-long pause in violence in Thailand’s insurgency-wracked Deep South, when more than 10 button men armed with assault rifles and grenades hit a cop shoppe along the Malaysian border late Wednesday, injuring three security officials, police said.By Thursday, no one had yet grabbed credit for the attack in the Tak Bai district of Narathiwat province, officials said. Police said it could be the work of smugglers or disgruntled forces of Evil left out of ongoing peace talks between the Thai government and BRN (Barisan Revolusi Nasional), the largest Death Eater group in Thailand’s southern border region. In the attack — the biggest eruption of violence since the two sides agreed in early April to a 40-day truce to last through Ramadan — police said the button men hurled explosives and opened fire with automatic rifles at a nearby customs office and a convenience store, in addition to the marine cop shoppe along the Kolok River that separates Thailand from Malaysia. |
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