Suspected Thai militants turn stolen cars into bombs - police


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Aug 2017

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected militants raided a car dealership in southern Thailand and turned two of the cars into bombs, police said on Thursday, adding that a "new generation" of Muslim separatists was operating in the insurgency-plagued region.

A group of men raided the dealership in Songkhla province near the border with Malaysia on Wednesday and made off with a car which exploded on a rural road in neighbouring Pattani province, prompting an exchange of gunfire, police said.

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