Police major killed in Yala bomb blast

The police major killed in a Yala bomb blast has been named Pol Maj Prasan Kongprasit, an inspector at Bannang Sata District Police Station. Prasan succumbed to injuries yesterday sustained when a homemade explosive device went off earlier in the day.

Four others were wounded by shrapnel when the bomb exploded as they examined a crime scene in the southern border province of Yala Friday morning. They were identified as Pol Corporal Suthat Mool-ngoen, Pol Sgt-Major Suwit Thanawong, and Pol Corporal Kraisri Rojnotom. The name of the last victim has not been released.

The officers were inspecting a crime scene in Than To where many backhoes and bulldozers belonging to road construction company Yala Highways had been set on fire in an arson attack the previous night.

When the police paratroopers arrived on the scene, a gunfight broke out with a group of insurgents before the Yala bomb…