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| Southeast Asia |
| 2 dead, 1 wounded in southern Thailand |
| 2007-05-07 |
| Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead two Buddhist laborers and injured another Monday in the latest case of violence in restive southern Thailand, police said. The victims were working on a rubber plantation in Yala province's Thanto district when a group of gunmen opened fire on them, said Police Lt. Alongkorn Semawut. Another rubber plantation worker was severely injured, he said. Meanwhile, some 100 Muslims continued their road block for the second day in Yala's district of Bannang Sata, calling for the unconditional release of 21 suspected insurgents called by the military for interrogation, said Nattapon Visienpraet, deputy governor of the province. Another group of Muslim protesters, mostly women and children, dispersed peacefully Sunday after a four-day road blockage when authorities agreed to release 24 suspects and withdraw a unit of paramilitary rangers from the mountainous district of Krong Pinang within one month. |
| Posted by:ryuge |