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Stolen pick up suspected of involving in bomb attacks sized

Stolen pick up suspected of involving in bomb attacks sized

Yala police on Friday impounded a stolen pickup that's believed to have been used in several insurgency attacks in both the province and neighbouring Pattani.

 

Locals of Pulasanor village in Raman district alerted police that a suspicious pickup had been abandoned in front of a house in the village.
Police and bomb squad rushed to the village but found no explosives hidden in the vehicle. The owner of the house; Farid Hama, told police that a had parked the pickup in front of his house at about 2am then left. He said he did not know the man.
Initial police investigation revealed that the pickup was stolen from Yala’s Muang district on March 25 and the license plate had been changed from Bor Chor 2256 to Bor Chor 3635.
Pol Maj Gen Pheera Boonlieng, a Yala police commander, said that the pickup had been used to deliver ice cubes before being stolen. An arrest warrant has been issued against Abdul Rohhing or Pele Dum for the alleged theft. The suspect is suspected of using the vehicle in several attacks in Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani. 
Pheera said three others stolen pickups are under close watch in the belief that they could possibly be used in car bomb attacks. 

 

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