One troop killed, three others injured in Narathiwat blast
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Muslim insurgents detonated a roadside bomb to ambush a unit of troops in Narathiwat’s Rangae district Wednesday, killing one of them and injuring three others.
Police said the attack happened in front of the entrance to the Darul Himah School in Pu-gnoh village in tambon Kaliza at 11:20 am.
Seven troops were travelling in two pick-up trucks to the school to meet local residents as part of their psychological operation when insurgents detonated the bomb with a walkie-talkie.
Sgt Maj 1st Class Ekkapop Padphu, 33, the driver of a pick-up, died of multiple wounds caused by bomb shrapnel.
The three others were severely injured and rushed to the Ra-ngae Hospital.
