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Thai police explore link between two ambitious attacks
Police seeking links between a car bombing and a shooting attack that together injured 20 people in Narathiwat province on Saturday night and the attack on an army outpost a month ago.

Eighteen people were wounded when a bomb hidden in a car parked in front of Dow Phrachan massage parlor exploded on Saturday night. The bomb was detonated as soldiers were driving to the scene of an earlier shooting.

Gunmen had opened fire earlier at the Maya Karaoke restaurant 100 meters from the scene of the car bomb, and had wounded two women. Soldiers were heading to the scene of the gun attack when suspected terrorists insurgents detonated the bomb.

The suspected terrorists insurgents also fired a grenade from an M79 launcher at another restaurant at about the same time, but the grenade didn't explode.

11 M16 rifle cartridges found in front of the restaurant were from rounds stolen from an army outpost that had been attacked by terrorists insurgents on Jan 19. Four soldiers were killed in that attack and the assailants made off with a number of weapons.

The car bombers planted an IED containing a 20 kilogram gas cylinder in car and set up two detonation systems - an electronic clock and a mobile phone. They wanted to ensure the device would detonate even if police blocked the mobile phone signals in the area.
Posted by: ryuge 2011-02-21
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