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Southeast Asia
Nine suspects rounded up in Thai car bombing
2011-02-14
Nine suspected insurgents terrorists were rounded up in Yala province. Some of them are suspected being involved in the car-bomb attack in downtown Yala on Sunday.

The suspects were detained after 300 border patrol policemen, provincial policemen and Provincial Administration Department officials besieged and carried out searches in 10 different locations.

An unidentified security official said the suspects included two Islamic teachers of a private school and eight local youths.

The authorities launched an operation to search for suspected terrorists insurgents after a group of terrorists insurgents blew up a powerful car-bomb in downtown Yala, wounding 18 people and starting a massive fire that destroyed 11 shophouses.

The source said the authorities had learnt that a group of terrorists insurgents led by Ahmad Tu-nga has been operating in Muang district. He said the nine were arrested under the emergency decree and they were taken for questioning. The suspects are not being identified for now.

The source said the Islamic teachers are suspected of sowing hatred among Muslim youths to launch terrorist campaigns against the local authorities. The suspects are also thought to be involved in the deaths of nine Buddhists in Yaha district.
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