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Bomb in Big C... They dont seem to have much direction or military targets.. Just civilian effect..

Bomb hits superstore in deep south

PATTANI: -- A small bomb exploded at a giant superstore in Pattani Monday afternoon, injuring one person and forcing the evacuation of customers and staff, in the latest of a string of attacks in the troubled region within less than 24 hours.

Police said the bomb, hidden in a plant pot, was triggered remotely by a cell phone signal at Big C Superstore in Pattani's Nong Chik district, and damaged two cars parked near the store.

The store was closed temporarily for further investigation.

In a separate incident, a police bomb squad in Yaring district successfully defused a bomb planted under a car belonging to a local defense volunteer.

The bomb, which weighed 10 kilogrammes, was set to be detonated by a cell phone signal.

Police suspected that it was the work of the same insurgents who wanted to detonate a bomb at the Yaring District Office. Fortunately, the volunteer's wife noticed the suspicious object and alerted the police.

In the neighbouring province of Narathiwat, insurgents planted a bomb in a fire-extinguisher along a road leading to a teachers housing unit. The bomb was timed to explode while a security team escorting teachers back home.

No one was hurt in the incident which police suspected was the work of insurgents who want to create disturbances in the region.

More than 800 people have been killed since violence erupted in the predominantly-Muslim south early last year.

--TNA 2005-08-01