Insurgents target army and police buildings in Narathiwat
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Violence continued in Narathiwat early Thursday morning with separate attacks on an army post and two provincial offices. No injuries were reported.
Police were alerted at 7.30am that an unknown number of insurgents had thrown grenades at a police residence and highway office in Ba Joe district. They also fired at an army post in the district.
No one was hurt in the attacks.
At the highway office, the explosion damaged a roof of a building near the fence. Shrapnel was found at the scene.
The second blast at the police residence slightly damaged the roof of the kitchen. A sergeant lives on the premises.
At the army post on NarathiwatPattani road, police found a number of AK rifle cartridges.
Police believe that five to six insurgents in three groups were involved in the attacks.
Officials at the highway office narrowly escaped injury as the grenade hit the roof rather than the office.
