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| Bombings at 22 Banks in South Thailand Kill One |
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[ 作者: 加入时间:2006-09-01 13:39:08 来自:
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(Near-simultaneous bombings took place at 22 banks in the mainly Muslim province of Yala early Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring another 29. Photo: singtaonet.com) Suspected Islamic militants staged near-simultaneous bombings at 22 banks in the mainly Muslim province of Yala early Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring another 29, Thai officials said.
'Two suspects were arrested in connection with the bomb attacks. Mostly the militants used young men dressed in student uniforms to plant small bombs which were hidden inside books,' regional army commander, Lieutenant General Ong-korn Thongprasom told Thai television.
He said the authorities defused one bomb before it exploded, although civilian officials said all 22 bombs went off.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the government had sent intelligence reports to security officials in the region warning of an imminent attack.
'We learned about the attack in advance through our intelligence and we had warned local officials,' he told reporters.
The country's top security official, Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vanasathidya, said the separatists, who are mainly ethnic Malay, wanted to stage the attacks today to coincide with independence day in neighboring Malaysia.
'We warned security forces in the region that the militants may stage attacks today to mark the Malaysian national day,' he told reporters.
The military ordered all banks in the province to close immediately after the blasts, but the central bank urged them to remain open.
'Banks cannot shut down immediately,' Bank of Thailand governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said.
'Banks must offer services to people, especially at the end of the month. All the banks are meeting to decide whether to open Friday,' he said.
Ten of the bombs exploded at banks in Yala provincial town, and the rest in outlying areas of the province, police said.
Yala is one of three provinces that have been wracked by Islamic separatist violence and other unrest for more than two years.
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