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| Southeast Asia |
| Roadside bomb injures 3, kills Thai soldier |
| 2010-06-16 |
| One soldier has been killed and three military rangers injured in a bomb blast as they were patrolling a road to protect teachers travelling to a school in Bannang Sata district, police say. The four were among eight security officers patrolling a road leading to Ban Bajoh school when a roadside bomb went off as they were about 300 metres from the school, investigators said. Police who inspected pieces of metal and a mobile phone found at the spot believe explosives had been put into a metal box weighing between 3kg and 5kg. It was hidden by the road and detonated remotely by the mobile phone as the officers passed by. At Yala Regional Hospital, Joint Security Command chief Kasikorn Kirisri yesterday gave financial assistance to three injured soldiers who were wounded in another road bomb attack in Muang district last Friday. Meanwhile, Yala governor Krissada Boonraj has presided over a bathing ceremony for Sunan Kaerat, 58, who died after he was wounded by a grenade thrown by an The Chula Ratchamontri, Aziz Phitakkumpon, yesterday asked families to take more care of their children to prevent them from being lured into joining |
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