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| Eight injured in grenade attack in southern Thailand |
| 2011-05-19 |
| Eight people including two students were injured when an assailant threw an M67 grenade at a pickup truck carrying Thai army soldiers in a market in Yala province on Wednesday morning. Two men on a motorcycle followed the military vehicle in Yala municipality. The motorcycle passenger threw an M67 grenade at the pickup but missed his target. The projectile struck the vehicleÂ’s windshield, but instead of exploding on impact it bounced in another direction, hitting the ground amid passers-by, wounding eight persons including two students. Police believed the grenade attack was the work of In the nearby province of Narathiwat, a combined force of police, military and civil servants provided security at schools and set up checkpoints on local roads on the first day of the new semester. Helicopter patrols helped boost morale for teachers and local residents. |
| Posted by:ryuge |