A professional photographer described by acquaintances and neighbours as quiet and non-violent is now the focus of an Alberta RCMP search in connection with a shootout that wounded two officers on Tuesday.

Suspected insurgents stage the most deadly co-ordinated attacks in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 14 people and wounding 340 with car bombs.

The prime minister's office, along with merchants and neighbours, offered support to a Toronto restaurant owner who scuffled with a suspected robber then wound up facing assault charges himself.