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Southeast Asia
Four killed in three terrorist attacks in southern Thailand
2014-01-25
Four people, a Buddhist monk, a ranger, a police officer and a civilian, were killed and five others wounded in three separate attacks in Pattani and Yala provinces yesterday morning.

The monk and a ranger were killed and another ranger injured by a bomb blast in Pattani's Panare district. Witnesses said a unit of rangers was escorting monks when a roadside bomb was detonated.

In another attack, a 64-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani's Khok Pho district. Witnesses said the victim was traveling on the road when a gunman riding pillion on another motorcycle shot at him with a handgun. He was shot in the head and died at the scene.

In the third attack, a police officer was killed and four others injured in a bomb explosion in Yala's Than To district. A team of police traveling in two pickup trucks was getting ready to return to their station after being called to the scene another bomb attack. Police believe separatist terrorists militants were responsible for all three attacks.

In Yala, a suspected terrorist insurgent was arrested yesterday following a raid on two locations in Krong Pinang district. Many items, including more than 50 mobile phones, two digital clocks, firecrackers, wires and electronic circuits and other devices, were seized from the home of the suspect, Muhammad Purong.
Posted by:ryuge

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