RoP Strikes in South Thailand
Charles Johnson
Sat May 6, 2006 at 7:06 pm PDT • Views: 235
Seven police wounded in attack in Thailand’s south. (Hat tip: St. Pancake.)
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Seven police officers were injured in bomb explosions and gun fire after they were lured to a village in Thailand’s restive south, police said.
Suspected Islamic militants ambushed the officers who were called to Tanyonglimo village in Narathiwat province following reports that one of the villagers had been shot, a police official said Saturday.
The militants detonated a bomb as they arrived, triggering a 10-minute shootout with the officers, the official said. The militants then fled the village in Sungai Padi district before triggering a second bomb by mobile phone, the official said. The seven officers suffered injuries to their faces and hands and are in Sungai Padi district hospital. They are not in a critical condition, he said.
A third bomb exploded Saturday at a house in a nearby village, but noone was injured.
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