Four injured in Narathiwat school bombing
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Two school directors and two soldiers were injured on Monday after insurgents triggered a bomb hidden in a pavilion where they were sitting in the latest violence in Narathiwat's Bajoh district.
The four Korde Laemaenae, director of Ban Batu School where the attack took place, Ma Dueramae, director of Ban Buenaepiyae School, Private Wattana Sridet and Private Panuwat Chinrak, were rushed to nearby Bajoh Hospital. Each suffered shaprnel wounds to their bodies.
The initial police investigation revealed that the directors and soldiers were discussing preparations for a meeting of school directors from the area in the pavilion when the bomb went off. The meeting’s theme is “Dream School.”
The insurgents were believed to have hidden near the pavilion and set off the explosives when they saw the group sitting there.
The blast destroyed marble stools in the pavilion and blew a small hole in the edifice.
