Army officer killed in Pattani blast

By The Nation

 

 

An Army officer was killed in a bomb blast in Pattani province this morning (July 14), leading provincial chief of the special task force Maj-General Piyapong Wongchan to issue orders blocking roads and passages in the vicinity to prevent another incident.

 

An explosives ordnance disposal team, which was dispatched to secure the area after the blast, found the shrapnel-ridden body of officer Mujarintee Srikaew on the ground two metres away from the explosion. 

 

An investigation revealed that six soldiers were on patrol in the area to make it safe for schoolteachers to travel through when a group of insurgents triggered a detonator. The five-kilogram bomb that was hidden in the ground exploded, instantly killing the officer.

 

Pattani police chief Pol Maj-General Jirawat Payuntham said the soldiers normally arrive every day to secure the area. The insurgents might have kept a tab on their movements before hiding the bomb there and later detonating it.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391284

 

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Pattani police chief Pol Maj-General Jirawat Payuntham said the soldiers normally arrive every day to secure the area. The insurgents might have kept a tab on their movements before hiding the bomb there and later detonating it.

 

They should have had that covered Basic training cover your tracks 

Arrive and depart.

 

Known route.

 

Between depart and arrive, plenty of time to mine the area.

 

Bad planning and execution, pardon the pun. 

I am sad for the soldier and his family, but he became a target due to the rigidity of the patrol method. Going to the same place at the same time 5days a week is predictable as clockwork. The army commanders whole have realised that and made their plans accordingly.

 

Another life wasted by the army who even fail to provide decent armoured vehicles to protect their troops who ride around in unarmoured pickup trucks and on motorcycles.

 

They should hang their collective heads in shame and design en masses as they are not fit to be called leaders of men.