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Several wounded in terrorist attacks across southern Thailand
Three members of a teacher protection unit here were wounded in a clash with terrorists presumed insurgents, while in nearby Narathiwat a security squad was ambushed in a booby-trap bombing.

Seven soldiers guarding teachers in Yala’s Raman district on Wednesday were caught in a bomb ambush and then fired upon, exchanging gunfire with a group of unidentified assailants. Three soldiers were wounded in the attacked, and all now under medical treatment at Yala hospital. Electric wire thought to be used to trigger the explosive device and several homemade bombs were found at the scene, according to the local special task force and bomb disposal unit. On the way to the scene, the security response team found spikes scattered on the road and a suspicious object which finally was identified as a decoy box containing only clay.

Meanwhile, a village protection unit in Yala’s Bannang Sata district was reportedly ambushed by terrorists suspected insurgents, with two volunteers wounded in the attack and later sent to hospital. The two rode a motorcycle as security escort to the students’ vehicle before being ambushed by unidentified gunmen.

In another incident, a bomb exploded in Narathiwat municipality, while eight special task police officers were on duty to help transport teachers. The bomb misfired, however, and no one was injured. Investigators found pieces of a 20-kilogramme homemade bomb built into a fire extinguisher. Detonated manually by remote control, by an electric wire placed in the roadside forest.

In Pattani, a special task force exchanged fire with a terrorist suspected insurgent. One soldier was wounded. One assailant was shot dead and two escaped. Four members of a team [were] on patrol to provide security at a mosque at Ban Kahong and also to search a suspect’s house, but the occupants fired on the approaching security team and exchanged fire for 15 minutes. Several weapons and ammunition were seized from the house.
Posted by: ryuge 2009-09-16
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