You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Southeast Asia
Man gunned down, ranger injured in southern Thailand
2011-04-17
Suspected Muslim terrorists insurgents killed a man and seriously injured a paramilitary ranger in separate attacks in Yala and Narathiwat yesterday.

Musae Sa-lae, an assistant village official was shot and killed in Yala province while driving a motorcycle at 6:30 a.m.

Musae was going to work in his rubber plantation when attackers hiding at the side of the road shot him, where he died at the scene.

Later that afternoon, a member of the 46th Rangers Regiment was seriously injured in a drive-by attack which police suspected was the work of terrorists extremists in Narathiwat province.

Volunteer ranger Muhammad Yakee, 26, was riding his motorcycle home when he was followed by two men on another motorcycle. The pillion rider took three shots at him and then they fled the scene. One bullet pierced the victim's neck and exited through his mouth. Muhammad was taken to the hospital and immediately underwent surgery.

Bomb wounds Thai soldier

A soldier was seriously wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Narathiwat province on Saturday night.

The explosion took place about 8:30 p.m. when the 7-man patrol unit was patrolling the road on motorcycles.

The suspected terrorists militants detonated the home-made bomb while Pvt Chakkrapong Thongrit, 21, was passing by on a motorcycle. He was seriously injured and was taken to the district hospital.
Posted by:ryuge

00:00