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Southeast Asia
Car bomb kills one, wounds 12 in southern Thailand
2011-02-22
Another car bomb thought to have been detonated by terrorists insurgents killed a woman and wounded 12 other people in a busy area in Yala province yesterday. The bomb caused a great deal of property damage.

The home-made bomb was hidden near a food shop and detonated as a police pickup truck drove past at around 4:30 p.m. The explosion, set off remotely, killed a female bystander instantly, while policemen in the passing vehicle were wounded. A police vehicle caught on fire along with motorcycles parked nearby.

In Narathiwat province, terrorists insurgents gunned down two people in two separate incidents. At 7:50 a.m., a man was gunned down in Tak Bai district by two attackers on a motorcycle. Grocery store owner Withoon Seedam was hit with a round from an M-16 assault rifle. He was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

At 9 a.m., Abu Bakree was shot by two men on a motorcycle while walking in Joh I Rong district. The gunmen fired four shots from a handgun before fleeing. Police said both murders were related to the jihad insurgency.
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