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Bomb injures 16 Thai rangers
Sixteen Thai rangers, 10 of them women, were injured by a bomb explosion in Pattani province early Monday morning.The 16 were in a group of about 20 rangers traveling in a pick-up truck and a military truck while returning to their base from providing security for the annual Red Cross fair organised in front of city hall. The attack occurred shortly after midnight when the two vehicles stopped at Ban Don Rak intersection on Highway 42. A bomb inside a gas cylinder hung behind the stop sign was detonated by a radio signal by Sixteen rangers, ten women and six men, were injured by the explosion, but not seriously. The explosion shattered the windows of the two vehicles, which were also riddled with shrapnel. Earlier on Saturday night, one policeman, a defense volunteer, and five civilians were hurt when a hand grenade exploded at a checkpoint, where police and defense volunteers were on security duty for the annual Red Cross fair. The chief investigator of the Narathiwat provincial police, said the grenade was believed to have been hurled over a wall from a mosque near the checkpoint. The explosion caused minor injuries to seven people. A suspect, identified as Hadafi Sedommad, was arrested. He was being interrogated. Posted by: ryuge 2012-05-14 |
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