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Southeast Asia
Thai army captain killed, 14 troops wounded in southern Thailand
2013-03-30
An army captain was killed and 14 soldiers injured in an ambush that led to a gunfight late yesterday afternoon in Narathiwat's Rueso district. The ambush was one of several attacks that took place yesterday. They came a day after government negotiators, led by National Security Council (NSC) chief Paradorn Pattanatabut, met terrorist insurgent representatives in Kuala Lumpur for an initial round of peace talks.

A number of attackers detonated a 25-kg roadside bomb when an army patrol in a pickup truck passed it on a local road. The terrorists militants then opened fire on the truck, triggering a gunfight. The attackers fled when a back-up unit arrived at the scene.

The ambush left Capt Siwat Sripujyo, the commander of the patrol, dead and 14 other members of his unit wounded. One of the injured soldiers managed to radio for assistance as the assailants emerged from nearby trees and started firing at them. The gunfight lasted about 10 minutes before the terrorists militants fled.

Security officials suspect the ambush was the work of terrorist insurgent groups seeking to undermine peace talk efforts.

Meanwhile, Lt Gen Paradorn said yesterday terrorist insurgent leaders have a month to prove to the government they can control terrorist militants by ordering them to stop shooting civilians. The government would like the six representatives of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) and Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) to demonstrate that they can control their operatives in the southern provinces.

In other southern violence, Abdulloh Paokoh, 42, was shot in the head and stomach as he was driving his motorcycle to a local mosque in Panare district of Pattani province yesterday. A pillion rider on another motorcycle fired at him.

Another volunteer, Anant Kamol, was wounded by a roadside bomb while accompanying police and district officials to join marines to hunt suspected terrorist militants in Sungai Padi district of Narathiwat.

Also in Narathiwat, a roadside bomb went off in the morning on the Narathiwat-Pattani road while eight police officers were traveling in a patrol vehicle. No one was hurt.

Rangae district office was hit by two grenades from an M79 launcher on Thursday night. No one was wounded.
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