Nine soldiers wounded in Pattani roadside bomb
Play
Nine soldiers were wounded Tuesday morning in the latest insurgency attack in the deep south province of Pattani.
The unit of soldiers was on a routine patrol to provide security for teachers going to school in Yarang district when a roadside bomb went off, causing their vehicle to lose control, turn up side down and plunge into a roadside field.
Nine soldiers were wounded. Detonated by remote-control, the bomb was built into a fire extinguisher and weighed an estimated 15 kg.
In the adjacent province of Yala, the Islamic Bank, Raman branch is closed today after a bombing incident near the bank on Monday.
Manager Ahmadtayadin Mustafah said that a glass wall at the front of the bank was destroyed although the computer system remains intact. Surveillance cameras captured images of one attacker, a man about 170 cm tall, wearing a helmet. He parked a motorcycle in front of the bank at about 4pm.
Shortly afterward, a vehicle carrying an army patrol stopped nearby and two soldiers came to the ATM machine. The bomb exploded as the soldiers were about to leave, injuring six.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Pattani, army rangers acting on a tip seized 80kg of urea fertiliser in a rubber plantation in Betong district.
The authorities said the large volume of fertiliser was believed to have been retained for use in an explosive device. An investigation is underway.
