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Thai PM visits scene of weekend's carnage
Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday visited the scene of the weekends devastating car bombing at the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in Songkhla's Hat Yai commercial district. The premier pledged her government would step up security measures.Hat Yai business owners and residents told the prime minister of the impact of the bombing. They urged the government to tighten security and adopt measures to restore confidence among tourists, the business sector and local residents. The prime minister also visited bombing victims at hospital. Fourteen people were killed and more than 500 were wounded in a string of mid-day car bombings in Yala and Songkhla over the weekend. On Monday, Thailands army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said security personnel in the area will be deployed under the supervision of the provincial governor and police. while the military, normally stationed outside the city, will consider deploying more troops. The army chief said that the attack was carried out by an offshoot of Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), with about 300 active members and some 6,000 sympathisers. General Prayuth reasserted that the attack was not the work of an international terrorist group. He was adamant that the government would never enter into talks with this group of insurgents. Posted by: ryuge 2012-04-03 |
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