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| November 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: General News - A military psychological operations unit was ambushed on Wednesday shortly after a session in Narathiwat with local residents, The Nation reports.

There was serious violence elsewhere also with the fatal shooting of a fisherman by two gunmen on motorbike, and a bomb that exploded in a policeman's car.

Investigating officials said Sgt Sompong Pongsao, 42, and three colleagues from the psych-op unit were travelling in a pick-up truck back to their unit at Cholthawas temple when at least four gunmen, hiding in a wooded area alongside the Dusongyoh-Lapae road, opened fire on them with M-16 and AK-47 assault rifles.

The attack was followed by an intensive gunfight before the militants fled. Sompong was severely injured, in the arm and chest, and sent to a local hospital. The pick-up was riddled with bullet holes.

In a separate development, a bomb hidden on a policeman's personal vehicle exploded on Wednesday morning as he drove past a checkpoint in ...

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