Two troops killed in Pattani bomb attack
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A road-side bomb, targeting a "Santisuk" special task force team, went off in Pattani's Nong Chik district Saturday morning, killing two soldiers and wounding four others.
The bomb exploded on the local road in Tambon Bor Thong at about 11am Saturday while the six-strong team on a pickup truck returned from a meeting by the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Front at the Sirindhorn Camp in Pattani's Yarang district.
The bomb killed Major Itthipol Khammongkol and Corporal Santi Tapaopong. The four injured soldiers; Colonel Pornthep Klampasut, Lieutenant Colonel Thawee Na Chatree; Master Sergeant First Class Chusak Kwanon and Corporal Kittichai Uttapan were rushed to Pattani Hospital.
The Nation
