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| Southeast Asia |
| Bomb rocks Thai provincial capital |
| 2011-10-04 |
| A bomb went off yesterday in the heart of the town of Pattani, moments after a military patrol tank traveled past the scene. Witnesses said the explosion took place near the To Ayo Muslim cemetary. The Muslim graveyard's concrete fence was damaged by the explosion, but nobody was hurt. Police, who rushed to the scene, found a 15-kilogram fire extinguisher, electrical cords, flashlight batteries, a radio circuit board and pieces of the bomb. Investigators suspect that the bomb had targeted the tank, which at that time had six newly recruited soldiers on board. Police believe Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) militants might have been behind the explosion because they had been involved in previous violent incidents in the same area. Police said three people were gunned down and two homes were badly damaged by arsonists before the bombing. Police and soldiers joined forces to track down those behind the bombing, but have made no arrests. In related news, a squad of police officers and soldiers in Yala province inspected a section of railway yesterday morning after getting information that there was a suspicious stone pile on the track. Investigators said they found a large hole near the track and assailants had possibly been preparing to dig the hole to bury a bomb and detonate it because they knew that a train passes through the section every morning. |
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