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Southeast Asia
Two bomb squad officers killed in southern Thailand
2011-01-02
More New Year's carnage from the R.O.P. Welcome to 2011.
Two bomb-squad officers were killed when terrorists insurgents blew up a homemade bomb in Narathiwat province, local news media reported on Saturday.

The bombing occurred on a road in a business area at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday. The two bomb-squad policemen rushed to the scene along with other security personnel after a local man alerted police that a teenager left a suspicious object in front of a shop.

While the two bomb-squad officers were checking it out, the bomb was detonated by a mobile phone. Police blamed separatist terrorists militants.
Nine other people were injured in this incident.
Also, three rangers were injured when terrorists insurgents blew up a homemade bomb in an ambush on New Year Eve in Songkhla province.

The explosion occurred at 9:00 p.m. on Friday near a noodle stand.

The rangers were on their way to check out some rubber tires that had been set on fire when the bomb exploded.
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