Terrorists Presumed insurgents on Wednesday detonated a bomb as a bus carrying 30 troops passed through Pattani's Tung Yang Dang district, and unleashed a hail of gunfire on them, wounding seven soldiers, police said. Police investigators were uncertain as to whether the explosive device, hung on a roadside tree, was timed to explode or was manually detonated by remote control. The bus was riddled with bullet holes and its windshield shattered. The wounded soldiers were rushed to a nearby hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
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Thailand has sought cooperation from the neighbouring country to track down six suspected Thai Muslim terrorists militants who escaped from police custody in southernmost Narathiwat province bordering Malaysia earlier this month, a senior Thai Army officer said Wednesday. Lt-Gen. Viroch Buacharoon, Fourth Army Region Commander, said the fugitives were now confirmed as being at large in Malaysia and that coordination with the neighbouring country is underway to return them back to stand trial in Thailand. The six men escaped from Tanyong police station in Narathiwat's provincial seat. The fugitives had been in custody for several days while awaiting trial related to more than ten cases of violence in the rtsstive South.
Gen. Viroch also said that progress is being made in the investigation of a group of suspects detained in connection with the killings of eight soldiers in Narathiwat last Monday. |