- Title: THAILAND: Four soldiers killed in roadside bomb in southern Thailand.
- Date: 9th March 2012
- Summary: NARATHIWAT PROVINCE, THAILAND (MARCH 7, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF AUTHORITIES SOLDIERS AND POLICE ON JUNCTION OF MAIN ROAD AND DIRT ROAD BELONGINGS OF SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND MORE AUTHORITIES AT SITE WRECKAGE OF MILITARY JEEP MORE OF BELONGINGS ON GROUND/AUTHORITIES AUTHORITIES LOOKING AT WRECKAGE MORE OF BELONGINGS MORE OF AUTHORITIES STORY TO FO
- Embargoed: 24th March 2012 12:00
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- Location: Thailand, Thailand
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Conflict
- Reuters ID: LVAAIM9DA32UCLJK9HALEEYTBS2E
- Story Text: Four soldiers were killed after a military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Rue-soh district of Narathiwat province in southern Thailand on Wednesday (March 7).
A total of 12 soldiers riding two vehicles - a military pick-up and a jeep - were heading back to their base after providing security at a Buddhist ritual in the district, taking a short-cut via a village's dirt road.
The jeep, carrying five soldiers, were hit by an improvised explosive device, a 20-kilograme cooking gas tank buried under the dirt road and wired with a denotator remote control from a roadside bush.
Three soldiers were killed instantly on site, and another one died on arrival at the Rue-soh district hospital.
The fifth soldier was seriously wounded.
Thousands of people, including officials, soldiers, Muslims and Buddhists have been killed on the southern border with Malaysia in the past seven years.
The Thai authorities blame the violence on Malay Muslim separatist groups who fight against the government to bring back their Sultanate Pattani Islamic state. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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