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Military intelligence officer shot dead by suspected rebels in Yala
A military intelligence officer has been shot and killed by suspected insurgents in central Yala.
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Sgt Maj 1st Class Metha Peng-o, 49, of the 5th Infantry Company's intelligence department, was riding a motorbike from his military camp to downtown Yala yesterday when he was gunned down by two gunmen on another motorcycle.
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