{"id":43911,"date":"2017-09-22T06:46:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T06:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43911"},"modified":"2017-09-22T06:46:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T06:46:25","slug":"roadside-bomb-kills-four-in-thailands-troubled-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/roadside-bomb-kills-four-in-thailands-troubled-south.html","title":{"rendered":"Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand&#8217;s troubled south"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand&#8217;s troubled south<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand&#8217;s troubled south:- A roadside bomb planted by suspected Muslim insurgents killed four army rangers and wounded six, including a civilian, in southern Thailand on Friday, a security official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A decades old-separatist insurgency in predominantly Buddhist Thailand\u2019s largely Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has killed more than 6,500 people since 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The bomb was planted under a road that was being built in Pattani, the security official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe group that planted the bomb is using old techniques in order to create instability in the region. They planted the bomb under a road currently under construction,\u201d said Pramote Prom-in, a spokesman for security forces in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Friday\u2019s blast followed roadside bombs last week that killed two soldiers and wounded more than 20 people in Yala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">There was no claim of responsibility for the blast, which is usually the case in Thailand\u2019s deep south, where insurgents are fighting for secession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Thailand\u2019s three southernmost provinces were part of an independent Malay Muslim sultanate until they were annexed in 1909.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-thailand-south\/roadside-bomb-kills-four-in-thailands-troubled-south-security-official-idUSKCN1BX0BP<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/roadside-bomb-kills-four-in-thailands-troubled-south.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand&#8217;s troubled south Roadside bomb kills four in Thailand&#8217;s troubled south:- A roadside bomb planted by suspected Muslim insurgents killed four army rangers and wounded six, including a civilian, in southern Thailand on Friday, a security official said. 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