Malaysian killed by stray bullet in Narathiwat attack
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Muslim insurgents opened fire at a security checkpoint on a road in Narathiwat’s Tak Bai district on Sunday night, killing a Malaysian tourist whose motorcycle was being checked.
Police said the attack happened at 9.12pm in Ban Tama village in Tambon Jehheh of Tak Bai.
As Tak Bai police chief Pol Colonel Patcharapol Na-Nakho, and deputy inspector Pol Lieutenant Watana Thurarat, rushed to the scene, their vehicle was ambushed when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb.
No one was injured in the explosion near a petrol station about 1 kilometre from the attacked road checkpoint, but a police vehicle and a power pole were damaged. The explosion also caused a power blackout in the area.
The body of the Malaysian tourist was kept at the Narathiwat Hospital pending arrival of relatives.
