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| Three students shot as new Thai interior minister visits south |
| 2008-08-08 |
| Three students were wounded in a shooting at a bicycle shop in Narathiwat on Friday morning, even as in Pattani Thailand's new interior minister was carrying out his mission aimed at taking first steps in restoring peace to the region. According to witnesses, the gunman came from a pick-up truck parked in front of the shop, walked inside and opened fire on the shop's owner, who was engaged with a group of student patrons. The entrepreneur fled into a woods behind the shop. Bullets sprayed through the shop, wounding three students, who were rushed to hospital. Meanwhile, on the second day of his journey south new interior minister Pol.Gen. Kowit Wattana visited seven hospitalised Royal Thai Army soldiers wounded earlier in a bomb attack in Yala. Gen. Kowit stayed overnight at the CS Pattani hotel Thursday and started his day at a local fresh market where he met local sellers and shoppers before proceeding to the Pattani hospital to visit seven soldiers wounded in the bomb attack in Yaring district. The interior minister met local officials in Narathiwat and Yala on Thursday to boost their morale and receive updated briefings on the latest situation during his first mission as new interior minister in the current government. He was due to return to Bangkok later on Friday. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Wattana coming.. Dang is that what it said? Ima always heard it Ten Soldiers and Nixon's bumming, we finally got a car |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-08-08 12:04 |
| #1 Tin soldiers and Wattana coming . . . |
| Posted by: Scott R 2008-08-08 10:07 |