February 8, 2005

Man killed, bomb defused

WAEDAO HARAI

Narathiwat _ A defence volunteer was shot dead in Rangae district

yesterday by a motorcycle gunman, while police defused a bomb planted in

front of a school in Tak Bai district.

Rohsapae-ing Muesoh, 39, was on his way to work when he was shot by a

pillion-riding gunman. He was hit in the chest with a .38-calibre bullet

and died instantly.

In Tak Bai district, a police bomb disposal team was sent to examine a

suspicious-looking package found near the gate of Ban Khokmueba

Mitraparp School. A crowd of students was gathering to watch when the

team arrived.

The package turned out to be a tupperware box containing a home-made

bomb weighing about six kilogrammes.

The bomb containing fertiliser and dynamite was defused in about 10

minutes.

Two men on a motorcycle were spotted outside the school about an hour

before the bomb was found, police said.