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Army ranger killed, 3 wounded in Yala bombing

Security officers inspect the scene of a bomb blast in Bannang Sata district of Yala province. The explosion that took place on Friday morning killed one ranger and wounded three other volunteers. (Photo supplied/Wassana Nanuam)

YALA: An army ranger was killed and three other ranger volunteers wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Bannang Sata district of this southern border province on Friday.

The bomb went off on Yala-Betong Road in tambon Bannang Sata, near Ban Taopoon School, around 10am when a patrol of army rangers and ranger volunteers walked past the area, said a police officer at the Bannang Stat district police station’s radio centre. 

An initial investigation found that attackers, who were hiding at a rubber…

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