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| Bomb kills three Thai rangers as peace talks begin |
| 2013-03-28 |
| Three rangers were killed and five others injured, two seriously, by a bomb blast in Narathiwat's Cho Airong district early on Thursday, as peace talks began between the Thai government and representatives of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) and several other Lt-Gen Udomchai Thammasaroraj, the 4th Army commander, said he thought the attack was intended to disrupt the peace-making process. He said, "We suspect this was the work of local militants who want to discredit the peace talks under way in Kuala Lumpur." The bomb explosion occurred about 7 a.m., before the talks got under way, on a road along a railway about 900 meters from the Cho Airong district police station. It devastated a joint team of 12 rangers which was patroling from their base at a temple in Cho Airong district town. Two rangers died immediately and six others were injured. One of the wounded died on the way to hospital. The attack took place near Ban Cho Kroh, the home village of Masae Useng, a wanted National Security Council secretary general Paradorn Pattannathabutr expressed confidence at the talks in Kuala Lumpur that the violence would eventually decline as the peace talk process went ahead. He said, “I see the BRN as the largest and most influential group behind the unrest. So, after the talks, the BRN can spread the word to their fighters, and then we will see a concrete result. I am confident that they will communicate our message to their militants, but because BRN is a large organisation, we have to give them some time." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 Nice Peaceful Bomb. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-28 10:33 |