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School visit by Thai officials goes ahead despite blast
Suspected terrorists insurgents carried out a bomb attack in Yala province just hours before Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa and army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha visited a school in the area.

A roadside bomb was detonated when a team of six soldiers on an armored personnel vehicle passed a bridge in Raman district about noon. No one was wounded in the blast, which shattered the vehicle's windshield.

A bomb disposal squad sent to the scene found pieces of a cooking gas cylinder, steel rods and a length of wire leading to a rubber plantation. Another bomb, inside another cooking gas cylinder, was also found and destroyed.

The six-member army team was heading to a school about 7 km from the blast site, to beef up security for a delegation led by Gen Yutthasak and Gen Prayuth, who were due to visit the school in the afternoon. The school is part of a pilot project to provide classes in both Thai and Malay.

Gen Yutthasak and Gen Prayuth earlier met security officers in Pattani province to assess the success of strategies being used to quell the violence.

Meanwhile, about 7,000 people affected by the jihad unrest in the deep South since 2004 have registered with the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center to be considered for compensation payments by the government.
Posted by: ryuge 2012-05-23
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