One Buddhist man was beheaded and another shot to death in attacks by ghoulish death cult devotees suspected Muslim insurgents in Thailand's restive south Wednesday, police said.
Just after sunrise, attackers entered a rubber plantation in Yala province's Muang district and shot a Buddhist worker before severing his head and dropping it about 200 meters (600 feet) from the body, said police Maj. Sucharit Wongsaket. When police arrived at the site, a homemade bomb triggered by a mobile phone exploded and caused minor injuries to two officers. "We believe that Muslim insurgents beheaded the victim and planted the bombs to target police, because they knew police would come to inspect," Sucharit said.
Also in Yala province, a 25-year-old Buddhist man driving his motorcycle to work was shot and killed by a gunman riding on the back of another motorbike. The man's wife, who was driving with him, was seriously injured, police said. |