Grenade launcher fired at home of Narathiwat MP

The incident took place in Rangae district, where there was also a bomb attack around the same time on a squad of Army paramilitary rangers. Meanwhile a security detachment interrupted what appeared to be a planning session for more attacks in the troubled Southern province.
The Muslim MP, belonging to the Wadah group, which has been attached to several political parties and is currently linked to the Matuphum Party, was in Bangkok attending a House of Representatives session when the attack occurred. His wife and two young children were at home, but other than being very frightened, they suffered nothing more serious than ringing ears.
The provincial police chief, Pol MajGeneral Chote Chawalwiwat, speculated that the attack was meant to warn Najmudeen against his role as an adviser of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre, and was disguised as insurgent violence. The officer did not either rule ??? rule out??? that the attack was politically motivated.
Police ordnance personnel said two M79 rounds were launched from an unknown site, landing directly in Najmudeen’s bedroom. Witnesses said they heard the sound of a travelling vehicle not far from his home before the shots were fired.
At first, Najmudeen said in a phone interview that he did not known who was behind the attack and would live his life normally. He later declined to give a public statement over the incident, saying he did not want to interfere with the investigation by speculating. “Let the police keep working on the case.”
Also early yesterday in the same district of Narithiwat, two Army paramilitary rangers were wounded by a roadside bomb while their 10man squad was on a foot patrol. The bomb consisted of 10 kilograms of explosives contained in a metal box and was detonated remotely.
Meanwhile, a 50strong team raided the home of Abdulgaha Jehna, an assistant to a village head in tambon Bango Sato, after tipoffs that a group of insurgents were planning an attack. Men inside a hut in a rubber plantation opened fire on them and fled, leaving a large number of military supplies, an M16 assault rifle, ammunition and a pistol.
Abdulgaha has been in military custody and questioned over suspicions that he had been sheltering insurgents.