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| Volunteer ranger gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2010-06-12 |
| A volunteer ranger has been shot dead in Pattani's Mayo district. Madaree Sa-ao, 29, who was a member of the 44th Ranger Regiment's peace building unit, left the outpost for his home in another district on a motorcycle about 1am yesterday, police said. He stopped at a motorcycle repair shop on Mayo-Palas road to pump up his tyres and was shot in the head, dying instantly. Police found a spent shell casing from a 9mm pistol at the scene. In Narathiwat's Chanae district, Rusadee Jehteh, 37, was shot and injured outside his house by an unidentified assailant about 10pm on Thursday. Mr Rusadee told police he was walking to the toilet outside his house and he was shot in the leg by someone who had hidden behind a bush. An investigation into the attack is under way. Meanwhile, police said they are making progress with their investigation into a grenade attack in the old market area of Yala municipality on Tuesday that left 23 people injured. The attack had reportedly targeted a military truck driving past the market. There had earlier been conflicting reports on the grenade's point of origin. Sugree Wangha, a witness to the attack, yesterday said that shortly after the blast he heard a teenager shout to the crowd that someone had hurled a grenade at the military truck. He told bystanders to help people who were injured, Mr Sugree said. Mr Sugree said most people who were at the scene saw a teenager hurl the grenade, but did not tell the police for fear of reprisals. A five-year-old girl, one of the victims of the blast, was reportedly unconscious yesterday after undergoing brain surgery at Yala Hospital. The girl sustained serious shrapnel wounds to her head. |
| Posted by:ryuge |