Mid Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Eighteen persons wounded in Yala bombing Tuesday 17 July 2007 11:56:38 AM (GMT+7:00) A multiple bombing in this southern Thai provincial seat Tuesday morning wounded 18 persons, including police and journalists.The first bomb was placed in the basket of a motorcycle, and exploded without causing casualties. However, a second bomb, believed to be command detonated, exploded as a bomb squad inspected the motorcycle incident in front of a shop in the downtown area. The second bomb was hidden in a motorcycle exploded, wounding four police officers, four journalists, and 10 bystanders. Most seriously injured was Police Senior Sgt-Maj. Subin Pruedmongkol reportedly lost both legs and both his arms and four journalists, including reporters from local newspaper "Chao Tai" (Southerners) and from television channels 3, 7, and TITV. The authorities are trying to determine how the bomber detonated the bomb. In a separate attack in Yala's Yaha district, a man was shot dead by a gunman. According to the authorities, Doromae Beeding was shot in the head and died instantly in front of a tea shop Tuesday morning. (TNA)-E004 MCOT Public Company Limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Bomb blasts kill one, wound 18 in Thailand Yala, July 17, 2007 Associated Press A bomb exploded in restive southern Thailand on Tuesday, killing one policeman and wounding at least 18 people who were at the scene to investigate an earlier blast, police said. Police were the apparent targets, but three local reporters also were wounded in the blasts in Yala province, 780 kilometers, (480 miles), south of Bangkok, said police Lt. Chob Khaewsrikan. hindustantimes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) scratch 18 , now 31 + 1 Fatality Thailand: Violence continues unabated in the Muslim south 17-07-2007 Bangkok, (AKI) – Thirty-one injured and one dead is the tally of Tuesday morning’s double bomb explosions in Yala, one of the three predominately Muslim provinces of Thailand, where bloody and secretive insurgent groups have killed over 2,400 people since January 2004. muslimnews.co.uk Edited July 17, 2007 by Mid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggons Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Can't understand why the EOD teams are still walking into secondary devices. Don't the Thais have wheelbarrows instead of exposing the teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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