Eight police officers were injured in twin bomb attacks in Pattani and neighbouring Songkhla in what is seen as an act of reprisal for the recent arrest of a suspected insurgent leader.
Police said the first attack took place at 10pm on Monday on the Pattani-Hat Yai Road in Pattani’s Nong Chik district. A homemade bomb had been planted at a bus stop and detonated just as a police patrol car passed by on its way to Nong Chik Police Station.
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Source: Nation Thaoland News
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