THAILAND: Another bomb attack in southern Thailand leaves three soldiers dead

Record ID: 352622

  • Title: THAILAND: Another bomb attack in southern Thailand leaves three soldiers dead
  • Date: 3rd July 2010
  • Summary: YALA, THAILAND (JULY 2, 2010) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS AND POLICE ENTERING BOMB SITE DAMAGED PICK-UP TRUCK RESCUE TEAM AT ATTACK SITE DAMAGED PICK-UP TRUCK SOLDIERS AND RESCUE OFFICERS CARRYING BODIES TO PUT ON RESCUE TRUCK SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE SOLDIERS AND POLICE STANDING NEXT TO BOMB HOLE DEBRIS OF GAS CYLINDER NEAR BOMB HOLE OFFICERS CARRYING BODY OUT OF JUN
  • Embargoed: 18th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA7ANON899F3LQPH4K7V4D303Y4
  • Story Text: Three Thai soldiers are dead after another ambush in the southern part of the country.
    A bomb buried underneath the road was set off in the southern Thai province of Yala on Friday (July 2), killing three soldiers travelling in a pick-up truck, police said.
    Police said the suspected attackers, who are believed to be militants, detonated a 15 kilogrammes bomb hidden inside a gas cylinder.
    The explosion killed the three soldiers immediately.
    This was the second attack in less than 18 hours. Thursday (July 1) an attack in Narathiwat killed five security forces who were on night patrol.
    Police say it's common for insurgents to set off crude bombs and ambush security forces or people associated with the Thai government, including teachers.
    The violence has not spread outside the region, but government officials say they fear it could happen.
    Separatist insurgents have been battling security forces in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south, on the border with Malaysia, for about six years.
    More than 4,000 people have been killed in the rubber-rich provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, which were part of a Muslim sultanate that Thailand annexed a century ago.
    A counter-insurgency operation involving tens of thousands of soldiers, police, paramilitary forces and security volunteers has failed to put an end to the near daily violence.
    Muslim villagers often complained of human rights abuses, particularly by civilian self-defense forces trained to patrol with troops and protect their villages.
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