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Southeast Asia |
Attack on security post leaves two dead in southern Thailand |
2012-01-06 |
![]() The post, located at the Rueso district office, had one hundred spent bullet casings strewn around the bodies of the two defense volunteers. Police found a small homemade explosive device at the scene during the inspection. It failed to function and was defused by a bomb disposal team. An initial investigation showed that about 30 men were involved in the attack. They cut down trees blocking the road, burned tires and some of the departing attackers fired on a police post, about 800 meters away to prevent backup forces from responding. Rueso police station superintendent, Pol Col Satanfa Wamasing, speculated that the attacks were in retaliation for police raids to seize |
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