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| Village leader, 8 officers injured in southern Thailand |
| 2007-02-16 |
| Suspected insurgents shot a village head in a mosque during Friday prayers in Pattani, while eight Rangers and police officers were wounded in two bomb blasts in Yala. Four gunmen shot 55-year-old village head Latae Yuso in Kapor district as he joined Friday prayers at the mosque. He was hit by several bullets in his torso and seriously wounded. He was sent to hospital and his condition is still unknown. Meanwhile, in Yala, two bombs exploded, wounding eight officers in Yaha district. The first bomb was detonated on the Saipatae-Yaha Road, wounding two paramilitary security men, on patrol in the area. The second bomb exploded when police and border patrol police inspected the bombing site. Six border patrol policemen were wounded and rushed to hospital. Tripod spikes were strewn on a road to prevent police pursuit. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 Payback? Not Muslim enough? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-16 11:04 |