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| Arson, grenade attacks hit southern Thailand |
| 2016-08-11 |
| [Bangkok Post] A factory was torched, a military base hit with M79 grenades, and public facilities set ablaze in Yala province early on Monday. In Bannang Sata district, a fire began in a warehouse at about 1 a.m. and destroyed it and the wood stored inside, along with a 10-wheel truck and stacks of wood surrounding it. Kittisak Mahithimontri, the factory owner, said he believed the arsonists had scaled over the wall and set the building ablaze. It was not known if the fire was related to the insurgency. Around the same time in Krong Pinang district, militants fired three M79 grenades at a military base. Two of the grenades exploded, wounding three soldiers. Shortly afterward, a mobile telephone signal tower opposite a gas station was set on fire. A nearby power pole was also set ablaze. In Raman district, four closed-circuit surveillance cameras were set on fire. The disturbances come ahead of a security meeting on the security situation in the southernmost provinces called on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon. |
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