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| More details in latest jihadi rampage in southern Thailand |
| 2006-11-10 |
| Near-simultaneous bomb attacks on eight car showrooms and motorcycle dealerships in downtown Yala at noon yesterday wounded 13 people and damaging 22 vehicles. Bomb disposal police cordoned off the areas, which were littered with pieces of metal and electronic devices, and disrupted mobile phone signals. Police said the bombs were planted under car seats by assailants posing as customers inspecting the interior of vehicles. At the motorcycle shops, bombs were hidden in motorbikes parked outside. The showrooms hit were those of Honda, Isuzu and Nissan on Phetkasem Road, Mazda on Ruammitr road, and Ford, Chevrolet and two motorcycle dealers' shops on Siroros road. The bombs were set by a digital wristwatch to detonate almost simultaneously, police said. Twelve cars and 10 motorcycles were damaged. Wounded victims were taken to Yala Central Hospital for treatment. A sales person at the Honda showroom said a mysterious caller telephoned a few minutes beforehand to warn of the attack and tell people to leave the building. The attacks are believed to be the work of rebels led by Isma-ae Paju, a suspected mastermind behind the coordinated bomb attacks on 22 banks in Yala on August 31. Meanwhile, in Narathiwat's Rangae district, a Molotov cocktail was discovered at a car repair garage yesterday morning. In Pattani's Nong Chik district, a construction businessman identified as Pairote Pornprasit, 49, was shot dead by a motorcycle pillion rider. In Pattani's Yarang district, Pirom Pinnok, 39, an employee of the Pattani District Highway Office, was gunned down by two assailants while cutting grass on the side of the Pattani-Yala road. In Kapho district, six gunmen opened fire on a group of security volunteers, who were helping villagers build a house. One volunteer died instantly, while a village headman was seriously wounded. They also took away two M-16 rifles and a pistol from the volunteers before setting fire to the volunteers' car. Teachers in Pattani called on education institutions to provide for more systematic security measures, and urged local community leaders to be more pro-active in escorting them home. They also asked to be warned of any plan to arrest suspected rebels or move security forces out of their areas, so that they could prepare for possible insurgent attacks. Interior Minister Aree Wongarya said Islamic teachers could be liable for prosecution if there was firm evidence against them. He said that Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's vow to stop blacklisting teachers applied to cases lacking in substantiation. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Yeah, that coup worked. Leaving them alone in the south has allowed them to do something that we don't do, but get blamed for, genocide. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-11-10 11:58 |
| #2 only if you hold a white object in your left hand and wave it around frantically twobyfour |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-11-10 05:25 |
| #1 Appeasement works said Surayud... or does it? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-11-10 02:38 |