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Thai ranger dies in bomb blast ahead of peace talks
An army ranger was killed and another injured in a bomb blast in Pattani province yesterday. The attack took place about 11 a.m. on a road where an eight-man unit was on patrol. The bomb was buried in the road and detonated as the foot patrol passed. Hours later, a combined taskforce sealed off a village near the blast site and rounded up 20 people for questioning. Authorities took their fingerprints and DNA samples before releasing them. In Narathiwat province, a 50-member taskforce yesterday seized what they believed to be bomb-making materials during a raid on a village in Rueso district. The unit found fertilizer, a cooking gas cylinder, thick wires and power cables in a house belonging to Mado-si Sama-ae. Experts said the seized materials could have been turned into a 25 kg bomb. Mado-si was detained for questioning. He admitted owning the cooking gas cylinder, but said he had no knowledge about the rest of the materials. Posted by: ryuge 2013-06-11 |
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