1 Killed, 12 Wounded In Bomb Explosion In Narathiwat

Villagers denounce militants in Narathiwat province

Saturday 27 October 2007

NARATHIWAT, Oct 26 (TNA) -- More than 1,500 local residents in this troubled southern province on Friday gathered in front of a district office and denounced armed militants who had brutally shot dead three persons earlier this week.

Holding placards, the villagers gathered in front of the Rangae district office and denounced insurgents who they said had killed innocent people almost every day, making a special example of the killings of a father, and his young son and daughter on Tuesday.

The demonstrators also told Rangae district officer that they could no longer tolerate brutal killings by the armed terrorists and that they would cooperate with officials in suppressing the militants with an aim to restore peace in the deep South.

More than 2,600 people have been killed in the ongoing insurgency in the provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani. (TNA)-E111

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1 killed, 12 wounded in bomb explosion in Narathiwat

Saturday 27 October 2007

NARATHIWAT, Oct 27 (TNA) – A woman was killed and seven other people were wounded after a bomb exploded at a small restaurant in front of a railway station in a district of this troubled southern province early Saturday

Police said the bomb was hidden in a PVC pipe which was placed under a table inside the restaurant and was detonated by a mobile phone.

The restaurant was also damaged by the impact of the explosion, they said.

More than 2,600 people have been killed in the ongoing insurgency in the three Muslim-majority provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat since January 2004.(TNA)-E111

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