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Ambush in southern Thailand kills four
Three soldiers and an assistant district chief were gunned down and five others injured after a roadside bomb attack while on their way to rescue security volunteers at a checkpoint in Khok Pho in Pattani province, officials said yesterday. Police said the terrorists insurgents started the attack by spraying bullets at defense volunteers at a checkpoint to lure other security officials to the scene to rescue them.

Authorities accompanied by soldiers in an armored car had not reached the checkpoint when their vehicles were hit by an improvised explosive device. After the blast, they requested backup, both by land and air, because the terrorists insurgents threw nails around the scene.

Pattani's provincial governor said all officials were alive after the bombing but the terrorists insurgents came out from hiding and sprayed bullets at them before fighting erupted, leading to the casualties.

Posted by: ryuge 2014-02-03
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