Police officer killed, five injured in Narathiwat bomb and gun attack

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Police officer killed, five injured in Narathiwat bomb and gun attack

By The Nation

 

 

One officer was killed and the rest injured as six policemen were attacked by an exploding bomb and a line of gunfire on a public road in Narathiwat late on Monday night.

 

Photo credit: Rungrot Kongpiban

“The bomb exploded first and then gunmen started firing at the police vehicle,” Palusamoh Police Station’s deputy inspector Pol Captain Asdej Dindaeng said on Tuesday morning.

 

He said the attack took place on the inbound lane of Phetkasem Road in Bacho district just opposite the police station.

 

The initial investigation suggested that between 20 and 25 kilos of explosives and M16 machine guns were used in the attack. The investigation continues.

 

Photo credit: Rungrot Kongpiban

 

Pol Sergeant Yuttapong Nuikaew, 32, sustained fatal injuries from the attack and succumbed at 2am on Tuesday. Five other policemen, including Pol Lieutenant Kudeh Prakorbkardee, had minor injuries and have been released from hospital.

 

The bathing rite ceremony for Yuttapong is being held at Bang Nara Temple in Narathiwat.

 

Captain Nirat Takudruea, the chief of a marine taskforce based in Narathiwat, said the attack might have been carried out by a group affiliated with Marosoh Chantarawadee, who was killed alongside 15 other armed insurgents during a raid on a military base in 2013.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30361095

 

 

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[Hayduke]

 

Cancel the election. No...wait...cannot...the votes have already been paid for.

 

 

[Srikcir]

Gen Wallop Raksanoh, secretary general of the National Security Council, said the committee in charge of emergency situation in the deep South decided to extend the state of emergency for Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat from December 20 [2018] to January 19 [2019].

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The government needs to supply the insurgents with calendars!

[lvr181]

After all these years and Government still has no idea how to bring an end to these "hostilities"! Not a lot of effort going into it seems. ????