Malaysian Among Seven Wounded In Tak Bai Bombing

By Jamaluddin Muhammad BANGKOK, March 6 (Bernama) – A Malaysian is among seven people wounded in the Tak Bai, Narathiwat, bomb attack on Monday. The Malaysian, identified as Fauzi Awang, 40, sustained minor arm injury and received outpatient treatment at the Tak Bai Hospital. Tak Bai police chief Col Pol Nittinai Langyanai said a local man who was initially injured in the 10.30am attack at Pengkalan Perahu, Tak Bai, died at the hospital later. The six others injured comprised four soldiers who were treated at the Narathiwat Ratchanakering Hospital and two local men who were treated at Tak Bai Hospital. The police chief said the five kg homemade bomb was detonated by a walkie-talkie as the four soldiers were resting in the area. More than 5,000 people have died since suspected separatists resumed their armed campaign to seek independence for the three southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala in Thailand eight years ago. -- BERNAMA