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Southeast Asia
Gunmen kill three in ambush in southern Thailand
2011-04-19
A soldier and two teenagers on a motorcycle were killed after gunmen ambushed an army unit in Pattani province on Monday night.

On Tuesday morning, police said that a group of gunmen opened fire at a field army base in Nong Chik district around 8:30 p.m. yesterday. The soldiers returned fire and the attackers retreated.

A team of 10 soldiers pursued the gunmen but were ambushed during the car chase.

In the fight that resulted, a soldier was killed and two teenaged civilians passing by on a motorcycle were wounded. The two, aged 15 and 19, were taken to a hospital where they died.

A father of one of the young victims was also gunned down a while back by suspected insurgents, police said.

Train station bomb injures two policemen

Two police officers were injured in a bombing near a train station in Narathiwat province.

Pol Sgt Chakpong Saengsawat and Pol Cpl Ratthapong Pramoonsap were severely injured in the bombing while inspecting a checkpoint near the Ruso train station after gunmen fired at it.

Two attackers on a motorcycle fired at them but no one was injured in the incident. The officers guarding the station were inspecting the site when a bomb near the railway track was set off by a mobile phone signal. The bomb exploded about 200 meters away from the shooting attack. Five men were believed to have carried out the attack.

The incident occurred only hours after a car bomb incident in Yala province which killed one Army ranger and wounded 23 others including civilians.

A surveillance camera showed the car was parked for around two hours before the car bomb exploded Monday at 8:16 a.m. Images of the driver were captured and investigations continue. Two small gas cylinders were in the carÂ’s trunk and were triggered by a radio communication device.
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