Two policemen killed in Narathiwat bomb attack


BANGKOK: Two border patrol policemen, who taught at a school in Narathiwat’s Si Sakhon district, were killed on Tuesday (Jan 14) morning when insurgents detonated a homemade bomb to ambush them.

Police reported that the explosion occurred at 9.50am on the main village road in Ban I Kuedae, located in Tambon Si Banphot of Si Sakhon district.

The victims were identified as Pol Lt Col Suwit Chuaythewarit and Pol Senior Sgt Maj Dome Chuaythewarit. Suwit served as the principal of Border Patrol Police Ban Tue Ngor School, while Dome was an assistant teacher.

According to police, the two officers were travelling to the school in a pickup truck. Upon reaching the ambush site, insurgents remotely detonated the bomb, which had been buried beneath the road surface.

The explosion caused the pickup truck to overturn onto its right side, killing both policemen at the scene. - The Nation/ANN

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