Security measures have been stepped up in three Narathiwat districts for the month of Ramadan, which began on Wednesday. The three districts were identified in intelligence reports as obvious possible targets of terrorist insurgent violence during the Ramadan period. Some violent attacks had already been reported in Rueso and Rangae, said Col Banphot.| It's beginning to look a lot like Ramadan ... |
Meanwhile, a couple were shot dead early yesterday morning in Yala's Muang district. Reports said they were gunned down by a group of assailants while riding on a motorcycle to a rubber plantation in Yala.
A 25-year-old soldier was also shot dead yesterday on Raman-Balo road in Yala's Raman district while travelling by motorcycle with his wife to her home in Narathiwat.
In Pattani's Yaring district, Police Lance Corporal Taleh Dorloh, 38, was found shot dead next to his motorcycle, which had crashed into a utility pole on a road. Police found four cases of 11mm bullets near the scene. They assumed Pol L/C Taleh was attacked by a group of terrorists insurgents while he was gathering information in the area as part of his official duties.| "It was either them or that pesky Drive-By Quaker gang" |
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