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One dead, three wounded, three arrested in southern Thailand
A defence volunteer was gunned down and two soldiers and a man were wounded in separate shooting and bombing attacks in Narathiwat, while police nabbed three key members of an terrorist insurgent group in Songkhla.
Sudeng Wanga, 44, was killed by an unidentified gunman in Narathiwat's Ruso district on Thursday morning after working in a rubber plantation and was travelling home. The assailant made off with the weapon belonging to the victim.
In another terrorist insurgent attack, two soldiers sustained minor injuries in a bombing on Thursday morning. The bomb exploded at a resting area in Ban Kohsaton school when soldiers were on duty, guarding the school in Tak Bai district. The bomb was detonated by a mobile phone. In a separate attack, Abadee Hayeesa, son of a village head was ambushed on his way to prayers at a mosque in Chanae district early this morning. Wounded, he was rushed to hospital.
Meanwhile, police raided seven locations in Songkhla's Thepa district and detained three key members of an terrorist insurgent group active in Songkhla's four districts. One of those detained, Manit Samodaman, is named in arrest warrants. He was involved in many attacks and plotted more attacks before he was arrested. Another detainee is Manit's father, Uma Makeeyo, a former leader of PULO (Patani United Liberation Organization). He was allegedly in charge of in the Songkhla districts. The last person in the police custody is Waeroman Samo, owner of the house where the two key members lived.
Police seized two guns, a cache of ammunition, cell phones, kit bags, cloth masks, medical equipment, and documents written in Arabic. The police said the arrest resulted from a tip from local villagers.
Posted by: ryuge 2007-10-04 |
