Bomb wounds 3 soldiers in Narathiwat

NARATHIWAT — Three soldiers were wounded by a bomb explosion in Tak Bai district on Monday morning, according to media reports. The three soldiers of Narathiwat Task Force 31 — Pvt Nasri Longso, Pvt Saksit Chaipimol and Pvt Sathit Bin-awah — were returning to their base on a pickup truck. Read more: Bangkok Post

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Bomb found, disarmed outside Narathiwat bank

The explosive ordnance disposal team Monday defused a pipe bomb planted on a motorcycle parked in front of a bank branch in Narathiwat’s Muang district. It was suspected the bomb targeted the Marines who would patrol the area every morning or was intended to destroy the district’s economic climate. Read more: The Nation

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Two Vietnamese vessels seized

Two Vietnamese fishing vessels, equipped with destructive fishing gear, were seized and 11 crewmen arrested for illegally fishing in Thai waters off Narathiwat on Saturday. Marine police stopped the two boats 20 nautical miles off the southern provinces at 10am on Saturday following a tip-off that foreign vessels were illegally catching fish in Thai waters. […]

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