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Bomb kills two soldiers in southern Thailand
Two Thai troops were killed by a bomb explosion while delivering New Year presents to villagers in Pattani province on Tuesday. The slain soldiers were part of an eight-member team travelling in a convoy of four motorcycles and a pickup truck to give out New Year gifts to villagers. They were about one kilometer from their base when attacked around 10:30 a.m.The bomb, buried under the road surface, was detonated directly under a truck in which Lt Direksan Rattanasin, 26, and Sgt Yutthaya Jampa, 25, were riding. The two men succumbed to their injuries while being taken to a hospital. The intensity of the blast sent the vehicle into the roadside ditch and totally destroyed it. There were about 15 kg of explosive in the improvised bomb. The blast left a hole about one meter deep and two meters wide in the road. and was detonated by an electric wire. Police blamed Islamic Posted by: ryuge 2012-01-03 |
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