Presumed Insurgents Attack Sai Buri Police Station In Pattani

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Presumed insurgents attack Sai Buri police station in Pattani

PATTANI, July 26 (TNA) - Uniformed gunmen presumed to be insurgents attacked a police station in Sai Buri district of Pattani province just before dawn Saturday, causing heavy damage to the structure, police said, but no casualties.

Police said the attackers, dressed in official-appearing uniforms, traveled by motorcycle and pickup truck drove into the police station compound and fired an automatic rifle at the building.

An exchange of gunfire lasted for about five minutes before the assailants withdrew.

Police said the walls and glass windows were heavily damaged but no casualties were reported.

A combined police and army force is now hunting the assailants.

Some 3,500 people have been killed since renewed violence broke out in Thailand's southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat in January 2004. (TNA)

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