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| Policeman, local official gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2011-10-19 |
| Seven gunmen opened fire on three policemen who were investigating a murder at a shrimp farm in Pattani province, killing one of them. The attack left Pol Sub/Lt Wit Sitthitrakul, 56, deputy inspector of Panare station, dead. Pol Snr Sgt-Maj Maroseh Muha, 39, received a gunshot wound to his ear, while Pol Snr Sgt-Maj Anan Jehma, 40, was shot in the chest. The three officers were inspecting a shrimp farm owned by Atikorn Ungrangsi, who was gunned down on Oct 13, when a black pickup truck pulled up and the men in the back opened fire. Pol Sub/Lt Wit was killed immediately. The two other officers briefly took part in a firefight with the gunmen who retreated and abandoned their truck about 1 km away. Checkpoints were set up to track down the attackers, who stole a car to escape. Police found blood in the abandoned pickup and alerted hospitals to look out for anyone with gunshot wounds. Meanwhile, in Narathiwat province, a former local official was gunned down yesterday morning shortly after leaving his oil palm plantation. Passadee Ramae, 50, an local official, was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in his pickup truck. He was apparently shot while driving his truck, which careened into a roadside tree. Police retrieved two spent shell casings from an AKA assault rifle nearby. Meanwhile, Fourth Army commander Lt Gen Udomchai Thammasaroraj came out to praise security forces for their coordination and urged them to continue efforts to restore peace and order in the area. |
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