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Railway service resumes in southern Thailand
Thailand resumed service on a key rail link in southern Thailand Sunday a week after it was shut down following an attack on a train by suspected Muslim insurgents that wounded two people.The national railway union asked the state railroad to reopen the line after "authorities promised to beef up security for passengers and railway workers," said union chief Suphichet Suwanchatree. State railway records for the southern region show that since March 2004, insurgents have attacked trains and other railway property and personnel 42 times, causing 24 deaths and 30 injuries, Suphichet said. The train service running between Yala province and the town of Sungai Kolok, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) to the southeast on the border with Malaysia, was suspended April 14 when gunmen shot at a train wounding a railway employee and a passenger. "Security officials will be keeping watch on where each train is and whether there are suspicious incidents in the area," said army spokesman Col. Akara Thiprot. "We want to make sure that the trains will not be traveling alone." The military would also work to improve communications between security officials and railway officials, Akara said. Posted by: ryuge 2007-04-22 |
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