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Bomb attack in Thailand-Malaysia border injures six

At least six Thai police officers were wounded in an unusual explosion in a border area between Thailand and Malaysia in the southern province of Narathiwat on May 5.
Bomb attack in Thailand-Malaysia border injures six ảnh 1Thai police investigate the attack. (Photo: VNA)

Bangkok (VNA) – At least six Thaipolice officers were wounded in an unusual explosion in a border area betweenThailand and Malaysia in the southern province of Narathiwat on May 5.

Thai authorities said that attackersdetonated a bomb from Malaysia when Thai police officers were patrolling in TakBai district, where a small river separates two countries.

Captain Boonsanit Khiewpradit of the Tak Bai police station said that authoritiesdiscovered evidence showing that the bomb was placed in a roadside with wireslinking to the other side of the river in Malaysia’s territory.

The attack occurred while violence escalates in southern Thailand. Last week,security forces of Thailand suffered a bloodiest attack in two years as sixborder soldiers were killed in an ambush.-VNA

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