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Three policemen killed in bombing in southern Thailand
Three civilians gunned down as well

Three policemen, including a district deputy chief, were killed and another was seriously injured when terrorists suspected insurgents detonated a roadside bomb in the restive southern Thai province of Pattani Thursday morning.

An army spokesman said the incident happened around 8.40am when the police team was returning to the Nong Chik police station after escorting teachers to school. He said that while passing the Ban Prang village, located about 20km from the Pattani town, the bullet-proof pick-up carrying the policemen was hit by the bomb, believed to have been detonated using wires by insurgents hiding in nearby padi field. Nong Chik deputy police chief Pol. Col. Yuthakarn Plianpho and two of his subordinates were killed while another was rushed to the Pattani Hospital with serious injury.

"We believe the terrorists insurgents had been monitoring the escort team's movement for a few days as they used the same road while escorting the teachers," he said when contacted.

Also:

Also in Pattani, a 40-year-old Muslim deputy village chief was gunned down in a drive-by attack late on Wednesday, shortly after two other men, aged 29 and 45, were shot dead in front of a school nearby.
Posted by: ryuge 2009-02-12
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=262355