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| Three killed, 40 wounded in triple bombing in southern Thailand |
| 2011-09-17 |
| Two people were killed and 40 others wounded in three serial bomb attacks yesterday evening in Narathiwat province, in one of the most violent incidents in the deep South since the new government took over. Unconfirmed reports said a two-year-old girl was the third fatality. A motorcycle bomb exploded at around 6:40 pm, wounding several people, then the second bomb went off 15 minutes later about 300 meters away, wounding a number of tourists. Later, at 7:20 pm, a car bomb exploded outside the Merlin Hotel, shattering its windows and damaging nearby homes. Mobile-phone signals and electricity were not available for some time after the blasts, possibly because the power stations were affected by the explosions and signals were being jammed to minimise further bomb attacks. Electricity returned at 10 pm. All three sites were located in business and tourist areas, and the attacks took place on a busy Friday night. Residents were advised by soldiers to stay indoors for security reasons. A spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command in the South, said a number of suspects had been arrested. He added that another bomb was also found near a Chinese shrine, but was defused in time. Among the 40 wounded, 13 are in critical condition. The wounded include two policemen, one soldier and a civilian defense volunteer. Two policemen had earlier been killed and three villagers injured yesterday after a shootout during a Friday prayer at a mosque in Yala province. A police team found that police Senior Sgt-Major Arong Malaya and police volunteer Mahama Yama had been fatally shot in the head. Police said the victims had gone to the mosque to "worship Allah's kindness". A group of four |
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