Terrorism in the South

[DREW]

Hope it doesn't spread North.

Gunmen kill three in South

Petrol station bombs expected to increase

POST REPORTERS

Three people were killed yesterday in three separate attacks in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces.

In Pattani, the chief of a territorial defence volunteer unit was shot dead by motorcycle gunmen as he was leaving home to go to work at the governor's official residence.

Two motorcycle gunmen fired at Abdul Roning, 45, with a .38mm pistol as he was about to leave home on his motorcycle, hitting him twice in the abdomen and arm. He was killed instantly.

Mr Abdul's wife, Ameenoh, said her husband told her he had recently been followed by strangers.

In Narathiwat, Mayu Sama-ae, 54, a villager of tambon Todeng in Sungai Padi district, was shot and killed while riding his motorcycle to Sungai Padi market by the pillion rider travelling on another motorcycle.

In Rangae district, Faris Doche, 29, was attacked by an unknown number of gunmen while travelling on his motorcycle along Tanyong Limo-Pa Phai road. He was shot five times with an .11mm gun.

Meanwhile, Provincial Police 9 Bureau assistant commissioner Thani Thavichsri said Saturday's petrol station bombing in downtown Narathiwat was a terror act.

A 10kg powder emulsion gel bomb went off at midnight on Saturday at a Caltex petrol station. No one was injured.

The same type of bomb was found at another petrol station in Narathiwat but bomb disposal experts defused it just 10 minutes before it was timed to go off.

Pol Maj-Gen Thani said terrorists were responsible for planting the explosives.

He said that separatists were shifting their targets to gas stations to cause more damage and in the hopes of gaining more media coverage.

The assistant commissioner said the insurgents were obviously planning to stage more violent attacks by blowing up petrol stations. ``It is very dangerous. This is terrorism, not ordinary unrest,'' he said.

Pol Maj-Gen Thani added the Caltex explosion almost triggered a major disaster.

The bomb was only 15 metres from major distribution pumps connected to main storage facilities. A vehicle parked between the bomb and the pumps had lessened the force of the blast.

He said he believed insurgents would try to bomb more petrol stations.

He said the military and police must now be more pro-active in going after insurgents before they strike again.

[Bafana]

Drew

It is always bad to see people die but this has been going on for ages and is very isolated to those regions around the border - I would not worry too much about this in terms of Phuket or for anywhere else in LOS.

Thai's are vrey patriotic (Buddhist and Musilims alike) - They know what will happen to them if they try this sort of thing so they don't or qould'nt even think about it. The Thai authrities are not reknown for their understanding ways.

Its only the disgruntled under employed muslims being lead astray by politiking clerics (Who make cash out of them by the way) near the border with Malaysia that want to be or feel they are Malaysians or should be affiliated with their Muslim mates in Malaysia that cause this trouble.

Their is only one problem with fundamentalists and that is you can't get all of em in a room at once and show em how C4 feels like on the the recieving end - These bsatards pray on young naive males (Or angry young men as we class them in our farang culture) and are too cowardidly to fight their own battles.

(BTW I have a had a rough day today)