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| Two rangers killed in ambush in southern Thailand | |
| 2013-05-29 | |
| Two paramilitary rangers were killed in an ambush in Pattani province early Tuesday morning. Pol Col Pitak Uthaitham led officers to the scene after receiving reports of the shooting on the Pattani-Yala road in Mae Lan district at 4:30 a.m. Witnesses said six rangers on three motorcycles were patroling on the road when gunmen hiding in the roadside forest opened fire on them with M16 rifles. The rangers fired back and the attackers retreated after a brief gunfight. Pvt 1st class Ronawit Saising, 31, and ranger Kriangsak Thoopputtha, 31, were shot several times and died at the scene. Police blamed separatist
Rubber tapper killed in Narathiwat A rubber tapper was slain in an ambush in Narathiwat province Tuesday morning. Pol Lt Marut Nilkosi, duty officer at Rueso police station said he received a report on the ambush at a rubber plantation about 6:50 a.m. He led a team of police and a bomb disposal unit to the scene. Police found the body of Asman Sama, 60, lying under a rubber tree. Witnesses said that Asman was tapping rubber when a gunman shot him three times with a handgun. Police blamed | |
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