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Ambush kills four Thai officials, restaurant bombing injures six
Suspected Islamic Four militants on two motorcycles attacked the officials in their car with a pistol and an M-16 rifle. One man and two women were killed instantly in a village in Pattani, one of the southern provinces caught up in a separatist After the shooting, the militants hid a small bomb in a car and detonated it after cameramen and photographers finished filming, a Thai television reporter told Reuters by telephone. "Ten minutes after I finished filming, a bomb went off in the car and I was just about 10 metres away," said Channel 7 reporter Khemin Guagoon. Plus: Six people were wounded in a bomb attack at a restaurant in the municipality here on Tuesday night. Police gathered evidence at the restaurant after a bomb explosion wounded six people. Among the injured, two were released from hospital, while the other four continue to receive treatment. According to witnesses, the suspected bomber posed as a customer and placed the bomb under a table. He is believed to have detonated the bomb by mobile phone after leaving the restaurant. Posted by: ryuge 2007-11-21 |
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