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Southeast Asia
Bike bomb kills senior soldier in southern Thailand
2013-04-17
One soldier was killed and three others seriously injured Tuesday in a roadside terrorist bomb attack in Pattani province district. The blast killed Lt Boonpeng Bootyothee, 50, head of the community development unit.

The attack took place on a local road about 12:30 p.m.

The soldiers were returning from a community visit in one of two military pickup trucks. A terrorist bomb attached to a motorcycle parked beside a bridge was detonated as the truck carrying the four soldiers passed by.

Two drive-by shooting attacks were also reported in Mayo and Yarang districts the previous night, killing two people.

Maropee Ma was killed in a drive-by shooting while traveling home in a car. Two terrorists attackers rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire while the victim, along with his wife and child, were traveling on a road in Mayo district.

Maropee was struck by several bullets and lost control of his car, which crashed into a tree. He died at the scene while his wife and child escaped unharmed.

In Yarang district, Sgt Maj 1st Class Pawakorn Klomkhunthod, a military ranger, was killed in another drive-by shooting by two terrorists attackers riding a motorcycle. The soldier was returning home from work when the attack took place.

Meanwhile in Narathiwat province, a banner opposing peace talks between the government and terrorist separatist groups, and two Malaysian flags, were found on the side of a road in Muang district. The banner said in Malay language: "Peace will not occur as long as the host does not endorse it."

Police examined the site and found a fake bomb buried under the banner.

Pol Lt Col Somchai said the terrorists militants who hung the banner were probably responsible for hanging similar banners calling for an independent Pattani state across Pattani and Narathiwat last month. These terrorists militants oppose the peace talks between the government and representatives of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional separatist movement, he said.
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