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| Southeast Asia |
| Bomb, gun attacks kill six in southern Thailand |
| 2011-11-03 |
| Suspected Muslim "A team of soldiers went to the area to rescue them but militants triggered a second explosion," wounding two troops, a police officer in Ra Ngae district said. Roadside bomb severely injures two soldiers Two soldiers on Thursday were severely injured in a roadside bombing in Narathiwat's Si Sakhon district. Investigators said a squad was on a patrol pickup truck to escort teachers to schools. The team was heading to Si Sakhon Temple for a further meeting with a commander. En route to the temple, an unidentified number of attackers detonated a bomb hidden at the roadside. The explosion wounded the two soldiers. Police presumed that the bombing was carried out by a group of suspected In a related development, a joint team of police and military late Wednesday arrested a suspect in the bombing of a clothing shop on Sunday. Usmadee Jemao, 25, was apprehended a house in Sungai Padi district. The security team seized a motorcycle, two white T-shirts, two Malaysian banknotes and clothing which Mr Usamadee wore on Sunday when the incident occurred. According to the investigation, the suspect said that he went by motorcycle to buy two white T-shirts at the clothes shop on Oct 30. The bombings at two locations in Paluru municipality took place on Sunday. The first blast occurred at the clothing shop when an assailant posed as a customer and placed a soda can packed with the explosive device in the shop before triggering the bomb. The blast damaged products in the shop but no casualties were reported. The second incident took place at another clothing shop. However, the shop owner found the bomb and called authorities to defuse it in time. |
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