Police fear Yala pickup in deadly hijack may be used as car bomb
– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community
PHUKET: Following the fatal shooting of a Yala man in Pattani’s Nong Chik district on Sunday, police yesterday hunted for the victim’s pickup out of fear that the attackers may have taken it to make a car bomb.
Police blamed separatists for the incident.
Pattani police deputy chief Pol Colonel Saravuth Eiamsa-art yesterday led investigators and the bomb squad to inspect the scene on a rural road in tambon Bang Khao. The suspects shot dead Yala man Apiwat Chanthaem, 53, with an M-16 assault rifle and got away with his truck, whilst Apiwat’s friend escaped out of the truck and was rescued by people nearby.
— Phuket Gazette Editors
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