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Rebels staged an ambush and set off bombs across southern Thailand
in violence Wednesday that left 11 people dead, including two
soldiers and five suspected Muslim insurgents, police said.
Attackers opened fire on a unit of soldiers on a search
operation in the Bannang Sata district where Muslim insurgency has
been particularly active, he said. No soldiers were hurt in the
hour-long firefight.
"They were acting on a tip-off that these insurgents have been
hiding in the village," said Sompien.
Also Wednesday, at least three assailants sprayed dozens of
bullets into a house in Narathiwat province, killing two men, said
police Lt. Vorapong Klomsakun.
Police said it was one of six bombs that exploded in several
areas of Narathiwat Wednesday morning.
More than 2,300 people have been killed in the predominantly
Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat and some parts of
Songkhla since early 2004, when a separatist movement flared up
after a lull of more than two decades.
Nearly 400 young Muslim men suspected of involvement with the
separatist movement have been arrested and detained during the past
few months, Akara said.
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