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Southeast Asia
Carnage continues as Thai PM brushes off fears before visit
2009-01-16
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has shrugged off fears for his safety after a bomb attack injured six people in the country's restive south, which he will visit for the first time on Saturday.

In the latest in a series of attacks to hit the Muslim-majority region where a five-year jihad insurgency is raging, separatist militants detonated a motorcycle bomb in front of Yala provincial hospital on Thursday night. Six people were wounded, including two members of the security forces, police said.

Separately one terrorist militant was gunned down and a soldier was wounded in a 10-minute clash in neighbouring Pattani province on Friday morning.

"Violence is normal in the south," Mr Abhisit said when asked if he thought the terrorists insurgents were trying to step up attacks before his arrival.
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