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One police officer killed in Pattani ambush
PATTANI, Aug 5 – One police officer was killed in the violence-plagued southern border province of Pattani while patrolling in Nong Chik district Wednesday night.
Pol L/Cpl Chatchai Khetjamnong, 31, was shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with unidentified assailants while he and other seven police officers in a patrol unit were on duty to provide security in the area.
An unidentified number of the suspected insurgents, armed with M16 and AK47 assault rifles, fired on a police pickup and two motorcycles carrying the police officers, followed by an extended exchange of gunfire between the security detail and its attackers.
Following Wednesday’s clash, Pol. Col Chatchai Wongsuna, chief of Nong Chik Police Station, forensic science officers and bomb experts on Thursday investigated the crime scene and gathered more evidence.
The body of Pol L/Cpl Chatchai, a Khon Kaen resident, is set to be transferred to his hometown late Thursday after Buddhist bathing rites are completed in Pattani in the afternoon.
The insurgency-related incidents in the deep South returned in 2004, and since then have claimed more than 4,200 lives in the subsequent six years. (MCOT online news)
Pol L/Cpl Chatchai Khetjamnong, 31, was shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with unidentified assailants while he and other seven police officers in a patrol unit were on duty to provide security in the area.
An unidentified number of the suspected insurgents, armed with M16 and AK47 assault rifles, fired on a police pickup and two motorcycles carrying the police officers, followed by an extended exchange of gunfire between the security detail and its attackers.
Following Wednesday’s clash, Pol. Col Chatchai Wongsuna, chief of Nong Chik Police Station, forensic science officers and bomb experts on Thursday investigated the crime scene and gathered more evidence.
The body of Pol L/Cpl Chatchai, a Khon Kaen resident, is set to be transferred to his hometown late Thursday after Buddhist bathing rites are completed in Pattani in the afternoon.
The insurgency-related incidents in the deep South returned in 2004, and since then have claimed more than 4,200 lives in the subsequent six years. (MCOT online news)
