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One shot dead, two wounded in southern Thai terrorist attacks
A local administration official was shot dead in this southern border province Saturday morning. Abdulroh Maelannateh, 53, was shot and killed on Thanto - Sri Thanam Road in Puyud in Tambon Thanto of Yala's Thanto district at 9:30 am, police said.And: Two Thai Border Patrol police officers were ambushed and severely wounded in Narathiwat on Friday, and are fighting for life now in in two southern hospitals. Pol.L/C Uaychai Suwanwisut and Pol.Sgt-Maj. Prasit Putdam were ambushed as they returned home after finishing their duties. The two were attacked on a road in Sri Sakhon district. Shot in the head, L/C Uaychai was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Songkhla while the other officer was shot in the shoulder and taken to a local hospital for treatment. According to the preliminary investigation, an unknown number of assailants armed with assault rifles opened fire at two officers on a motorcycle. They exchanged gunfire for about five minutes before the attackers retreated. Posted by: ryuge 2007-06-30 |
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