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| One soldier, two villagers killed in southern Thailand |
| 2008-04-17 |
| One of the villagers beheaded One soldier was killed in a bomb attack in Yala Thursday morning while two villagers were killed in Pattani. Four soldiers were on patrol in Yala municipality when a roadside bomb exploded at 6.30am. Sergeant Wichai Wongphet, seriously wounded, was rushed to hospital but died en route. According to the initial investigation, Sgt. Wichai was close by when the five-kilogramme bomb was detonated by remote control. Two hours later, a second bomb exploded in Yala's Than To district but no one was injured. In Pattani's Nong Chik district, villager Prayuk Chunting was gunned down Thursday as he rode a motorcycle not far from where a shrimp farm manager was killed Wednesday. The head of Suppavit Mitchan, a manager of a shrimp farm was found. Mr. Suppavit was killed and then beheaded, on Wednesday, but his head had been carried off and was not found when the authorities arrived to investigate. Elsewhere in Nong Chik, two defence volunteers were wounded in a bombing on Thursday morning. The bomb was activated by a mobile phone. |
| Posted by:ryuge |