Grenades fired at district chief's home in Pattani
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Suspected insurgents fired M79 grenades from mountainous woods at the home of Pattani's Ma Yor district chief on Sunday night but no one was injured.
The first grenade damaged the wall of a pavilion near the house while the second grenade hit a tree.
Police inspected the scene yesterday. They said district chief Supol Phokaew had returned from inspecting sub-district election booths and was in the house when the grenades were fired.
Inquiries revealed that district chiefs have been targeted for years, such as a 2008 incident in which then district chief Wirat Prasetso and several other officials were injured in a bomb attack in Krasoh sub-district. Last year M79 grenades were fired at the home of then district chief Pisal Awae – but missed, and on February 4 Pisal was ambushed by gunmen while going to work but emerged unharmed.
