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| Southeast Asia |
| One soldier killed, two wounded in southern Thailand |
| 2011-08-01 |
The blast occurred at 6:55 a.m. while the unit of six troops was patrolling Khokyakha-Chalong Road along the Pattani River. The unit was patrolling the road to provide security for teachers heading to school in the morning. Police said the Corporal Atthapol Hongkham, 25, was fatally wounded and died later. Sgt Prachak Wisetrat, 27 and Pvt Assawin Phoolphan, 21, were injured severely. One killed, two wounded in shooting, bombing One man was killed and another injured in a shooting at a market in Narathiwat province on Sunday, while the owner of a rubber plantation lost his leg in a booby trap explosion in the same province. Sapaeing Yako, 34, was gunned down at a Sunday market in front of the Ruso train station while the other victim, Maradeearman Denaramkhan, 44, was wounded and rushed to a hospital. They were shot by a In another incident, a local villager Aduenang Samor, 30, stepped on a booby trap in a rubber plantation. His left leg was blown off. The police believe that the two incidents were the work of In adjacent province of Yala, a special unit destroyed a bomb weighing 20 kilograms in the provincial seat. Major Thani Kiartthisan, deputy commander of a special military unit, was warned by villagers about a bomb planted roadside near the entrance of the village, on a route that soldiers usually patrolled. The bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs defused the bomb in a gas cylinder buried underground and connected to a remote radio wire detonator. A report from the investigation team said the spot, where the bomb was found, is an area where a group of |
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