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Southeast Asia
Attacks on two military outposts injure a dozen Thai soldiers
2012-03-09
Twelve soldiers were wounded when terrorists militants attacked two military outposts in Narathiwat province early Friday morning.

Police received reports of the attacks at about 12:30 a.m. The deputy chief of Narathiwat police led a joint police and military force and bomb disposal team to the scenes of the attacks. This joint force reported that trees had been toppled to block the rural road. It took an hour to clear a way to the outpost.

Then they discovered the terrorists militants had also used explosives to brng down power poles to block the road . It took another hour to clear a way through the power poles out and dispose of unexploded bombs placed on other power poles.

When the relief force finally reached the first outpost at Ban Sompoi they reported that a motorcycle parking shelter had been destroyed by an M79 grenade and three motorcycles destroyed by the blaze. They went on to the command outpost at the district water works office and found that a multipurpose ground in front of the post was also hit by an M79 grenade.

Bullet holes were seen in the building walls and bunkers at the two military posts.

Witnesses reported that about 50 armed terrorists militants, divided into three teams, wre involved. The first two teams attacked the two outposts with M79 grenades and assault weapons. The soldiers on duty there returned fire.

The third team toppled trees and blasted power piles to block the road. The attackers fled after a 20-minute gunfight.
Posted by:ryuge

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