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| Man gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2011-09-05 |
| A man was gunned down on a rural road in Yala province on Sunday morning. The man was identified as Dolo Kama, 59, a local villager. Eyewitnesses said that while Dolo was travelling on a motorcycle he was followed by two men on another motorcycle. One of them shot Dolo twice in the head and body with a pistol, killing him immediately. Soldier injured in bombing while police chief visits local officials A soldier was injured in a bombing in Narathiwat province Sunday afternoon while the national police chief was visiting local policemen. A bomb, weighing around five kilograms was hidden in an iron box and detonated by a mobile phone when Sergeant Major 1st class Veera Siriwongkhan led a team of eight officials, on four motorcycles to provide security at a trade fair, part of a local festival. The bomb went off when the soldiers' motorcycles passed a road at the entrance to the village. Private Anirut Wongsa, 22 was injured and rushed to the Hospital. Meanwhile, national police chief Gen Wichien Pojphosri was meeting with local officials at the Yi-Ngo police station Sunday afternoon. |
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