GOLOK (Southern Thailand), Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Two bombs exploded at the Malaysia-Thailand checkpoint this morning, destroying three new posts belonged to the Thai immigration at the Golok bridge.
The first bomb went off at 6.30am local time (7.30am Malaysian time), destroying three of the six posts.
Fifteen minutes later another bomb exploded nearby, forcing the closure of the busy bridge which connects Golok in Thailand and Rantau Panjang in Kelantan, Malaysia.
Thai deputy consul-general in Malaysia, Niran Boonjit, told Bernama that no one was injured in the incident.
"The posts will be used by the immigration department as temporary office and have not started operations yet. There was nobody near the place when the explosions occurred," he said.
Bombs in Southern Thailand
Four shot dead at construction site
Four shot dead at construction site
Four bridge-builders, including the contractor and foreman, were shot dead by suspected Muslim militants yesterday afternoon in the southern province of Yala.
Police rushed to the site in Tambon Bannang Sata in Bannang Sata district and found the four bodies with bullet wounds under the bridge. They retrieved spent .357 and 9mm bullets as evidence.
One of the victims was the project contractor, Jatupol Rattanasit, who had come with a foreman and driver to inspect the progress.
Police investigation found that a group of four young men on two motorcycles had approached the victims at the site, where some 10 people were working. The suspected militants shot four men dead at close range before fleeing the scene with three guns belonging to the victims.
A worker told police that they had not paid any attention to the youngsters until they heard gunshots, which prompted them to run and hide until they heard the motorcycles speeding away.
Police suspect the killing was carried out by the insurgents to cause chaos.
Earlier on Friday three people were killed in Yala in separate incidents believed to be connected to the insurgency.
A 46-year-old man was shot dead outside a mosque after Friday prayers. Police believe he was targeted because the southern militants suspected he was a police informer.
Also on Friday, a 65-year-old woman was shot dead outside her house and a 30-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting as he went to feed fish at a local pond.
The Nation - 25.01.09
Four bridge-builders, including the contractor and foreman, were shot dead by suspected Muslim militants yesterday afternoon in the southern province of Yala.
Police rushed to the site in Tambon Bannang Sata in Bannang Sata district and found the four bodies with bullet wounds under the bridge. They retrieved spent .357 and 9mm bullets as evidence.
One of the victims was the project contractor, Jatupol Rattanasit, who had come with a foreman and driver to inspect the progress.
Police investigation found that a group of four young men on two motorcycles had approached the victims at the site, where some 10 people were working. The suspected militants shot four men dead at close range before fleeing the scene with three guns belonging to the victims.
A worker told police that they had not paid any attention to the youngsters until they heard gunshots, which prompted them to run and hide until they heard the motorcycles speeding away.
Police suspect the killing was carried out by the insurgents to cause chaos.
Earlier on Friday three people were killed in Yala in separate incidents believed to be connected to the insurgency.
A 46-year-old man was shot dead outside a mosque after Friday prayers. Police believe he was targeted because the southern militants suspected he was a police informer.
Also on Friday, a 65-year-old woman was shot dead outside her house and a 30-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting as he went to feed fish at a local pond.
The Nation - 25.01.09