Soldier injured in Yala attack
A soldier leading a military patrol team was seriously wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Yala's Muang district yesterday morning, while authorities apprehended six suspects believed to be involved in an ambush on Wednesday during which four soldier
Sergeant Suthep Kongchuay, 26, from the No 5011 Yala 11 special unit, sustained a shrapnel wound in his left eye while he and his eightstrong team were patrolling the YalaLam Mai road at around 7am. Police suspect the bomb attack had been carried out by a group of militants led by Madari Arong and Nurisam Wani.
Meanwhile, officials yesterday continued their hunt for suspects who fatally ambushed a team of soldiers escorting teachers to Ban Lamor School on Wednesday. Police have found traces of blood at the scene and suspect that at least one insurgent was injured during the gunfight. So far, police have apprehended six suspects and are collecting DNA evidence.
In neighbouring Pattani, provincial police chief Pol MajGeneral Pichet Pitisetthaphan is calling on investigators to closely check security camera footage captured before the CCTV units were destroyed. So far, one suspect has been arrested in Yarang district. Initial investigation shows that drug traffickers and insurgents had possibly hired a few men to destroy about 120 security cameras in Pattani over the past 30 days.
