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Thai soldier gunned down, eight others wounded by bomb
One solder was shot dead in the southernmost province of Pattani as he was travelling to his post, while at least seven persons were wounded and one man died in a bomb blast in the nearby province of Narathiwat.The first victim, indentified as Second Lieutenant Nanoon Wae-ali, 51, was shot at around 7.30 am Tuesday while driving his motorcycle to work at the hospital in the Ingkhayuth Borihan military base in Pattani. He sustained body wounds from a nine millimetre weapon on the Donyang -Nong Jik road in Nong Jik district, in front of the Bothong municipality office. The slain officer was pronounced dead en route to the hospital where he was a member of the staff. At 8.50 am, a bomb exploded near the Bukit Tambon Administrative Office in Joh Ai Rong district of Narathiwat. Seven soldiers and one local administrative official wounded. Police said a five kilogramme bomb was planted at the base of the roadside tree and was triggered by s mobile phone signal. Posted by: ryuge 2008-12-23 |
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