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Massive car bomb hits Pattani

PATTANI : A car bomb killed one and injured 13 people in downtown Pattani province yesterday morning.

Local authorities said the explosion was heard at 8.10am. It went off from a bomb possibly weighing about 30kg planted in a stolen pickup truck that had been parked in front of the provincial health office on Sarerk Road in Muang Pattani municipality for two days.

Shrapnel severely wounded a retired government official identified as Manit Uma. He lost his right arm and sustained serious head injuries. He died at Pattani Hospital later.

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  • dao

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    Discussion 1 : 10/02/2012 at 11:55 AM1

    What do you think the people in the south must think of the governemnt as they are slaughtered daily and the government does nothing to address the problem .

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