Ten people, including six army rangers, were injured in a motorcycle bombing in Songkhla province yesterday.
The bomb was hidden in a motorcycle parked outside a grocery store in Nikom Thepha fresh market, opposite a local military outpost. The blast, believed to have been triggered by a mobile phone signal, happened at 6:30 a.m.
Police believe the attack was the work of jihadis separatists.
Meanwhile, the Internal Security Operations Command yesterday held a forum attended by civic groups from Narathiwat province. More than 200 political and religious leaders took part in the meeting, aimed at brainstorming ways to ease the southern insurgency.
During the meeting, the representatives asked the army to assure ruthless jihadis separatist suspects of justice
| actual justice or "social justice" |
and safety if they surrender and join peace-building efforts.
| They worry about being lynched by the populace? Perceptive. |
They said many terrorists suspects still feared they may receive unfair treatment under the justice system.
| Oh. Not bloody likely -- nobody has treated them as they deserve yet. |
Safety was another concern as they were afraid they would be killed by other terrorists insurgents to prevent them giving information.
| This seems to confirm the rumour that terrorists are not nice people. |
The representatives thought that more than 100 jihadi militant sympathisers would surrender to authorities if the army guaranteed them fair treatment and safety and ponies. |