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| 2 shot dead, 19 wounded in Thai bomb attacks |
| 2007-08-22 |
| Two Muslims were shot dead and 19 people, including several policemen, were wounded in twin bomb attacks near a busy railway station Tuesday in Thailand's restive south, police said. The first bomb, hidden in the front basket of a motorcycle, went off during the morning rush hour in Yala, one of three insurgency-torn provinces bordering Malaysia, they said. As police rushed to the scene, a more powerful bomb exploded, injuring 19 people, including eight policemen and four from the local press. The second explosive was hidden inside the same motorcycle, and insurgents detonated it through a remote control, police said. Also in Yala, a 28-year-old Muslim man was gunned down by militants at a tea shop early Tuesday, and another 27-year-old Muslim man was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in the province late Monday. |
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