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| Eight bombings rock southern Thailand |
| 2010-03-02 |
| Eight bomb attacks by suspected insurgents blasted various places Tuesday morning in the southernmost province of Thailand and banks seem to be the main targets, the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) reported. According to the bureau, which is under the state-owned Public Relations Department, the bomb attacks started from 6.40 am local time, as four five-kilogram-weight bombs were separately planted at various spots in Narathiwas province, including three in the city of Narathiwas and one in Ranage district. Two local residents got injured. Among the four attacked spots are branches of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) in the city of Narathiwas and Rangae district, and inside the Automatic Transfer Machine (ATM) of Krung Thai Bank PCL (KTB) in the city of Narathiwas. A street cleaner was injured in the explosion at the KTB's ATM in Narathiwas city and a villager wounded in the bombing accident at the ATM of the GSB bank's branch in Ranage district. Meanwhile, a suspected item was found in front of the KTB bank' s branch in Rangae district and it was under investigation. Moreover, an army patrol force in Bajoh district was also attacked by another a bomb of The series of bombing incidents in Deep South took place days after four branches of Bangkok Bank, Thailand's largest commercial bank, in the capital city and a nearby province were attacked by grenades Saturday night. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 The way banks have been behaving around here lately it would be hard to assume 'insurgents' or Islamists or even just old-fashioned robbers were to blame. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-03-02 08:13 |