| Two Chinese travelling salesmen have been gunned down in southern Thailand as part of separatist violence which has claimed more than 275 lives since the start of the year. Oficials say So Si-Huang, 42, and Huang Giang-ju, 19, were rushed to hospital after being shot in the legs by four men on two motorbikes as they sold blankets to villagers in Narathiwat province. Police say alleged separatists also torched a school in the same province on Sunday and a district official from neighbouring Yala province was arrested with dynamite and ammunition during a raid by security forces. |