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Southeast Asia
Civilian gunned down, three rangers wounded in southern Thailand
2010-05-04
A tradesman was shot dead in restive Pattani province Tuesday morning, and three Army Rangers in Narathiwat were wounded in a separate bomb attack.

Bueraheng Waesani, a 56-year-old meat vendor, was gunned down and died instantly at his shop opposite the Krue Se mosque in the Pattani provincial seat. Police collected four spent cartridges from an AK-47 assault rifle found at the crime scene for further analysis.

The initial investigation found that two suspects, men on a motorcycle, fired at the victim while passing his shop among many bystanders. The police said that the attack may be related to either business conflicts or jihad insurgency in the region.

Meanwhile, three Army Rangers in Cho Ai Rong's Narathiwat province were wounded in a bombing while they were on duty helping to cultivate vegetables for a school lunch project for students at the upcoming start of the new semester.

The explosion damaged the roof of a roadside rest shelter and blew a hole 2 feet deep and 4 feet wide. Preliminary investigation reported that terrorists suspected insurgents hid a bomb at a bamboo clump and triggered it by a mobile phone.
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