Four troops killed, another injured in Narathiwat bomb attack
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Narathiwat - Four troops were killed and another severely injured when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb to ambush a unit providing security for Buddhists in Narathiwat late Wednesday night.
The unit was returning home after providing security to Buddhist devotees and monks at a temple in the evening of Maka puja Day when the explosion occurred at 10:40 pm.
The explosion occurred on a road along the railway in Yaba village in Tambon Rusoh in Rusoh district.
Police said insurgents detonated the homemade bomb with a wired control. Police said a wire, which was over 100-metre-long, was found at the scene.
Sgt Dejpol Lowannee, the chief of the patrol unit, Cpl Sompong Taesanan, Pvt Kamol Panthong, and Pvt Suwat Nilpak were killed. Pvt Suriya Jachalee was severely injured and rushed to the Rusoh Hospital.
The Nation
