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Bangkok Post
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Police flats car-bombed, one killed, 31 injured

The bombed police flats building in Muang district, Narathiwat, on Tuesday. One police officer was killed and 31 other people confirmed injured. (Photo: Abdullah Benjakat)

NARATHIWAT: A police officer was killed, and 31 other people were injured when a car bomb exploded at a block of police flats in Muang district of this southern border province on Tuesday afternoon.

Pol Col Jeffrey Salaimankul, the Muang police superintendent, said the attack occurred about 12.45pm.

A man covering his face and wearing clothing like a police uniform was seen driving a pickup with fake licence plates into the police flats compound on Suriya Pradit Road and parking it near the housing building.

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