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| Southeast Asia |
| Bridge bomb kills Thai policeman |
| 2014-03-19 |
| One police officer was killed and another seriously injured in a bomb explosion in Pattani province yesterday morning. The attack happened as six policemen on a truck and a motorcycle crossing a bridge. A home-made bomb was planted at one end of the bridge and was detonated remotely. This follows a separate attack on Monday in which a man and his three-year-old son were gunned down at their home. His assailants fired shots at the man shortly after he parked his motorcycle. The bullets also hit his son. The victims had just returned from a concert at a local school. The man died at the scene, while his son was seriously injured. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital yesterday morning. Meanwhile, police think the killing of a former special branch police officer in Yala province on Monday was the work of the same gunmen who earlier gunned down a military ranger and three rubber latex buyers in the past two months. Pol Snr Sgt Maj Ekapong Sakdayuth was gunned down and his body set on fire at a gas station he owned. Police said two suspects had been held for questioning under martial law. Police investigators believe the killing of the former police officer might have been carried out by the same gunmen responsible for the killing of a ranger on Jan 2. The same shooters are also thought to be responsible for a gun attack in the same district on Feb 22 in which three latex buyers were killed and another seriously injured. |
| Posted by:ryuge |