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| 2 dead, 2 wounded in 2 southern Thai bombings |
| 2007-09-07 |
| Last part of this post updates yesterday's. A villager and a police officer were killed and two soldiers were severely wounded in two separate bomb attacks in the violence-ridden southern provinces on Thursday. Suemae Yoonu, 38, was killed in a bombing in a rubber plantation in Narathiwat's Sukhirin district. He lost his arms and died on the way to hospital. The remote-controlled bomb, weighing about five kilogrammes, was detonated when he was at work tapping rubber in the plantation. The bomb, hidden underground, was connected to a coconut shell latex collection container. In a separate incident, three security personnel were seriously wounded in Yala when they were inspecting a bomb site. The first bomb exploded at an intersection in Krongpenang sub-district but no one was wounded. Police officers and military personnel rushed to the scene to collect evidence and were caught by the second bomb blast which instantly cut off the right leg of Pol. Senior Sgt-Maj. Nirand Kunprach. Sergeant-Major Nirand died in hospital shortly afterward. Two soldiers were also seriously injured. They were rushed to hospital. Suspected |
| Posted by:ryuge |