Massive Pattani hunt for Rangers’ killers

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Massive Pattani hunt for Rangers’ killers

By The Nation

 

 

Some 500 tripartite forces of military, police and civilians backed by tanks, personnel carriers and a helicopter conducted searches at several spots in Pattani’s Sai Buri district on Saturday morning for insurgents who carried out a fatal bomb attack on Friday.

 

The search operation was led by Maj-General Jatuporn Klampasut, the commander of the Pattani Taskforce.

 

On Friday, four Rangers were killed while four others and a civilian were injured when Muslim insurgents detonated a homemade bomb to ambush a Ranger patrol unit in a pickup truck.

 

The incident occurred on Joh Kuayae-Sai Buri Road in Moo 1 village in Tambon Tabing in Sai Buri district.

 

Jatuporn said his intelligence officers had learned that young Muslim fighters belonging to two groups led by Yakarina Bagno and Samal Sani carried out the bomb attack.

 

Since the road was under construction, the authorities will also question the contractor, as workers should know best at which spots bombs could be hidden, Jatuporn said.

 

Jatuporn said the 500 officials would check suspected hiding places of Muslim insurgents in the district.

 

He said the impact of the loss of lives was incalculable and the killing had demoralised his personnel.

 

He noted that two of the four slain rangers were involved in a project to support some 200 mentally challenged children in the area.

 

“It’s regretful that we have lost these two officials after we have been trying to do good for the local people. We have been trying to do everything for the people and their children without dividing us and them,” Jatuporn said.

 

“We love the children like our own children. Although this happened, we will continue the project.”

 

Jatuporn said his taskforce has a list of suspected bombers and his officers have been trying to monitor moves of suspected insurgents.

 

He added that his taskforce learned that the insurgents had sent online messages about the planned attack two days in advance, but it was difficult for the authorities to prevent ambushes.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30327489

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-23

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Suspects arrested over Pattani bomb attack

By Pares Lohasan 
The Nation

 

 

Two suspects linked to the fatal bomb attack that killed four rangers and wounded five others in Pattani on Friday were apprehended on Saturday.

 

The unnamed suspects - identified only as two construction workers near the bomb location - reportedly had been detained once over suspicion of a separate bomb attack in 2015 but were released due to lack of evidence, a source at the security agency said.

 

The arrest was made around noon as the Thai authority dispatched some 500 tripartite forces of military, police and civilians backed by tanks, personnel carriers and a helicopter. They conducted searches at more than 10 locations in Pattani’s Sai Buri district on Saturday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327504

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-23

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Just shows if you do something good for muslims they consider it to be weakness and use it against you.

Seen the unhealthy interest of certain tourists to go south, expect more of the same mindless islam induced terror.