தாய்லாந்து: முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் டீக்கடையில் வைத்த குண்டால், 1 பலி, 28 பேர் படுகாயம்

கூட்டமாக இருந்த ஒரு டீக்கடையில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் வைத்த வெடிகுண்டால், 1 பௌத்தர் காலமானார். 28 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்தார்கள்.
டீக்கடைக்கு அருகே ஒருடெலிபோன் பூத்தில் இந்த குண்டை மறைத்து வைத்திருந்தனர்.

Bomb near tea shop kills 1, wounds 28 in southern Thailand
The Associated PressPublished: June 8, 2007

BANGKOK, Thailand: A bomb exploded in front of a crowded teashop in restive southern Thailand, killing one woman and wounding 28 other people, police and a hospital official said.

The bomb was hidden in a bag and placed inside a telephone booth Friday in front of a busy teashop in Yala city, capital of the province of the same name, said police Lt. Col. Jirasit Lomae.

The victims were taken to Yala Hospital, where the names of the wounded were being gathered, hospital employee Kallaya Thongthachu said by telephone.

The bombing appeared to be the latest attack by Islamic insurgents, whose activities have led to more than 2,200 deaths since January 2004.

The dead woman was a 24-year-old Buddhist, said Jirasit. The religions of the other victims were not immediately known.

The bomb exploded at about 8 p.m., a time when many southerners traditionally gather to socialize at tea shops.

"The assailants seized an opportunity to stage an attack when police and soldiers were taking a rest," Jirasit said. Troops had been providing security at trade fair in the province, he said.

Meanwhile, rail service resumed in the three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat on Friday — four days after suspected insurgents sabotaged tracks, causing a train to derail in Pattani province and injuring nine passengers, the State Railway of Thailand said.

About half the usual number of passengers used trains in the three provinces on Friday, despite an increased police and army presence at stations and junctions along the tracks, said Thanongsak Phongprasert, the railway's southern office director.

Separately, arsonists burned down a government school in Yala's Krong Pinang district Thursday night, said police Lt. Narasak Chiangsuk, blaming Muslim insurgents.

Police say the militants believe the government is trying to indoctrinate students with un-Islamic values at public schools. Suspected insurgents regularly attack teachers in southern Thailand.