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Published on November 10, 2007

Authorities said the five men held after a search of 70 homes had been involved in a wave of bombings and shootings in the three southernmost provinces.

One of the men detained is a Cambodian national who did not have proper travel documents, police said.

It was not clear if any of the five had warrants out for their arrest or whether they had been detained under martial law.

Elsewhere in Narathiwat, gunmen shot dead two defence volunteers guarding a public school, while a deputy village chief was gunned down in neighbouring Yala province.

In Pattani province, 51-year-old Charnarong Chaiwanond, the owner of a spare-parts shop, survived an attack on his life when a gunman riding pillion on a motorcycle drove up from behind and fired at least six rounds at him from an 11mm handgun.

Locals took Charnarong to a nearby hospital after attack, which took place in front of a teashop on the Pattani-Narathiwat Highway.

The Nation

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