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Southeast Asia
Arson and bombings across Thailand's southernmost province
2009-04-27
Terrorists Presumed insurgents attacked public utility towers and pylons as well as a school in five districts of ThailandÂ’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, burning facilities and temporarily disabling some services.

Bukit Pracha Upatam School in Cho-airong district was burned by unidentified men while volunteer security personnel were at prayers. Government workers quickly rushed to the school to fight the blaze, but the wooden structure was totally destroyed as it was old, dry and contained many flammable school materials. At the same time, a number of local homes were torched in Bacho district.

Electrical transformers were shot and mobile telephone signal towers in Waeng, Ra-Ngae, and Chanae were set afire, cutting the communications system of the government. The terrorists insurgents strewed spikes on the road to obstruct security forces pursuit and access to the scenes.

And according to this report:

Police said on Monday that bombs were planted in two locations in Waeng district. In Joh Airong district, terrorists insurgents set fire to a school and planted bombs in four places. The jihadis militants set fire to two transmission posts for cell phones in Ra-ngae district. In Bacho, they destroyed a power plant, causing a blackout of the entire district. A transmission post for cell phones was also burnt down in Janae district, and cell phone signals were cut in some areas.
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Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-04-27 22:11  

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