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Today in Thai terror
Thai police have identified two suspects in last Friday's bomb attacks in Narathiwat province. Two car bombs and a motorcycle bomb killed three Malaysians and one Thai and injured 50 others.
Police have identified a suspect using footage from surveillance cameras. The man was identified as Suhaidee Kubaru, of Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district. Police sought a warrant for his arrest. Police will soon seek an arrest warrant for another suspect, Muhammadsakri Saising.
Police say Suhaidee drove the car with a bomb planted inside to one of the spots where an explosion occurred, while Muhammadsakri drove another car to secure the parking space for Suhaidee's car.
Meanwhile, a man was gunned down and his body burned along with his motorcycle in Narathiwat province yesterday. Police found AK rifle bullets near his body. The victim was identified as Areeyoh Pohji, from Yala province. Police believed Areeyoh's attackers were terrorists militants.
In Pattani province, a male nurse, Arorfat Rakprat, was gunned down while riding a motorcycle. His attackers shot at him from a pick-up truck. He was pronounced dead at the hospital where he worked.
In Pattani province, a group of attackers hurled four molotov cocktails and fired into a house belonging to Nikhom Kasiphan, 55, chairman of local administration organisation. No one was hurt.
Police found a homemade bomb in a 5 kg metal case, which was connected to a booby trap. Police suspect the shooting was meant to lure officers to the house in the hope they would step on the trap and set off the bomb.
Posted by: ryuge 2011-09-23 |
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