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| Blast kills three as bomb squad lured to decoy in southern Thailand |
| 2013-10-29 |
| Three members of an bomb disposal team were killed in an explosion while examining another device in Narathiwat province yesterday. Pol Lt Col Prateep Suksarn said the blast happened about 9:50 a.m. The bomb squad had rushed to the scene after a report that a bomb had been planted in a hole next to the road. The bomb squad turned on a mobile phone signal jammer while examining the hole, and confirmed the presence of a bomb. At the same time, another bomb buried nearby exploded. The powerful blast hurled the bodies of deputy squad leader, Pol Sub Lt Chaen Warongpaisith, and squad members Pol Sub Lt Jaroon Mekruang and Pol Sgt Nimit Deewong, a distance of about 40 meters. A chief warrant officer was injured in the explosion. Bomb squad members continued to scour the scene and found another bomb inside a gas cylinder, connected to wires leading to nearby trees. They disabled it with a water cannon. In Pattani province, a combined force of police, rangers and officials yesterday nabbed a suspect in the 2006 abduction and killing of a teacher. They raided a house acting on information that Mayiding Jaru, a suspect wanted for the shooting of Pol Snr Sgt Maj Phurit Wanthong on Feb 12 of that year, was hiding there. The security team did not find Mr. Mayiding but instead arrested Ahama Kajeh, a Runda Kumpulan Kecil suspect wanted on two warrants. Under the first warrant, Mr Ahama was suspected of involvement in the abduction of Juling Pongkanmoon, a teacher, on May 19, 2006. She was later found beaten to death. Under the other warrant, he was wanted for a shooting attack on a train on June 21, 2008, in which three railway officials and a police officer were killed and a policeman wounded. |
| Posted by:ryuge |