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Thai bombs target teacher convoy, 5 dead
Five security officers have been killed by a roadside bomb in Thailand's south. They were attacked by a group of suspected insurgents, who ambushed them as they were guarding teachers on their way to a school in Yala province. In Tuesday's attack, a bomb exploded under a military truck guarding the teachers, immediately killing a Buddhist soldier. Militants waiting nearby then shot four security officers in the head, before leaving the scene with their weapons, police said. In a separate incident, also on Tuesday, at least one person was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province. Militants also launched two bomb attacks on convoys of security forces in Narathiwat, but nobody was hurt, police said. The latest attacks come just over a week after scores of co-ordinated blasts rocked the three southern provinces. At least 17 people have been arrested in connection with those attacks. Posted by: Steve 2006-06-27 |
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