Friday, July 2, 2010

Five killed in Thailand ambush

NARATHIWAT: Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a roadside bomb and opened fire on security forces in southern Thailand on Thursday night, killing five members of a patrol, an officer said.

"The group was on night patrol in a pick-up truck when they were ambushed," said Lieutenant Pairat Kiatjaroensiri, adding the attackers snatched four guns and fled. Three of the five victims were Muslim and two Buddhist.

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