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19:23, July 03, 2007 |
A bombing at a school wounded five police officers in Thailand's far southern province of Narathiwat Tuesday morning, media here reported.
A remote-controlled bomb hidden in the ceiling of a teacher's room at the Bannamwon school in Narathiwat's Chanae district exploded, wounding five policemen guarding the school, according to Thai News Agency.
The school was closed immediately after the incident.
Schools and teachers have been frequently targeted in violent attacks that have been taking place on daily basis in Thailand's three southernmost provinces -- Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, where insurgent violence has prevailed in more than three years and claimed over 2,300 lives.
Meanwhile, police detained seven men suspected of being insurgents and of involvement in bomb attacks in the southern provinces, Pol.Lt-Gen. Jetthanakorn Napeetapat announced at a press conference after the arrest during a raid in Narathiwat's provincial seat.
Five of the detainees were already named in existing arrest warrants. Police also seized more than 100 articles including firearms, gunpowder, explosive devices, gasoline, ammunition, and electronic devices.
Police are questioning the detained suspects to try to identify those responsible for planning the attacks. They all denied being involved in the attacks.
Source: Xinhua
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