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School visit by Thai officials goes ahead despite blast |
2012-05-23 |
Suspected A roadside bomb was detonated when a team of six soldiers on an armored personnel vehicle passed a bridge in Raman district about noon. No one was wounded in the blast, which shattered the vehicle's windshield. A bomb disposal squad sent to the scene found pieces of a cooking gas cylinder, steel rods and a length of wire leading to a rubber plantation. Another bomb, inside another cooking gas cylinder, was also found and destroyed. The six-member army team was heading to a school about 7 km from the blast site, to beef up security for a delegation led by Gen Yutthasak and Gen Prayuth, who were due to visit the school in the afternoon. The school is part of a pilot project to provide classes in both Thai and Malay. Gen Yutthasak and Gen Prayuth earlier met security officers in Pattani province to assess the success of strategies being used to quell the violence. Meanwhile, about 7,000 people affected by the |
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