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| One Thai soldier killed, another wounded in bomb attack |
| 2008-07-14 |
| One Thai government regional force ranger was killed and a Royal Thai Army soldier was wounded in a bombing in rural Songkhla Monday morning while they were on duty providing security for teachers. The bomb exploded in Thepha district, killing locally-recruited paramilitary ranger Sulgiblee Salaemae and wounding Pvt. Thammarat Putthakan who is being treated. Both men were patrolling the area to provide security for teachers from Baan Kohlaenang School. Meanwhile, in Narathiwat, a bomb exploded on a road in Cho Ai Rong district before military soldiers, riding motorcycles, arrived at the site of the bombing. No one was wounded in the incident. Police conducted searches near the bomb site and found an underground hiding place and illegal drugs at the house. The owner was detained for questioning. Pattani, Zone 1 Education Area Office director Somnuek Meesaeng said officials beefed up security at the school and escorted teachers, who were travelling to school after 13 schools in Nongjik district reopened on Monday after the schools closed following an attack on a military truck, which was busing students to school on July 7. |
| Posted by:ryuge |