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| Village leader gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2011-08-09 |
| Yusoh Weseechi, 52, a village leader in Pattani province, was killed in an ambush on Tuesday morning. Yusoh was attacked on a local road in front of a school in Yaring while driving his motorcycle to visit his wife in the village. He was hit several times in his head and body, and died on the spot. Buddhist teacher severely wounded in drive-by shooting A Buddhist teacher was severely wounded in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province Tuesday. Somboon Jongderm, 57, a teacher and assistsant director at the Royal Thai Army Uthit Don Yang School, was attacked at 12:30 p.m. while he was leaving his school. Police said Somboon was shot by a pillion rider just 300 meters outside of the school. A bullet passed through his right arm and chest, and he was taken to the hospital. Two policemen wounded in convenience store bombing Two border patrol police officers were wounded in a bombing at a 7-Eleven convenience store near the Southern Border Provinces Police Command Centre in Yala province. The two injured police, identified as Pol Sen Sgt-Maj Somwong Niraro and Pol Sen Sgt-Maj Nipatcharaporn Kosuma, were going to work in Yala municipality. Set off by a radio signal, the blast created a shallow hole about one meter wide in the road, with fragments of the radio and bomb scattered around the site. Vehicles and nearby buildings were also damaged. Police found a small ice carrier wrapped in brown tape which they inspected and destroyed by robot. The bomb squad found only sand inside the carrier. It is believed that the tape-wrapped ice carrier was a decoy to draw police to the scene before setting off an actual bomb. Police are reviewing closed-circuit television coverage to identify the bombers, and believe a group of suspected |
| Posted by:ryuge |