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| 15 Pakistanis arrested in Thailand |
| 2010-10-16 |
| Police have detained 15 Pakistanis on suspicion of being involved with a foreign terrorist group. A combined force of soldiers and police yesterday raided My House hotel in Yala province and took the 15 men away for questioning. Pol Lt Col Sujarit Wongsagade, said an employee at a local private bank told police he had noticed irregularities in transnational transactions conducted by a group of Pakistani customers. The banker said the men had transferred money from their accounts to someone who is officially listed in the bank's database as a person involved with a foreign terrorist organisation. The suspects claimed they had gone to Yala to raise money to help orphans and flood victims in their homeland. However, police became suspicious of the men and are keeping them under observation. Meanwhile, a respected Muslim cleric in Pattani narrowly escaped death when an M16 bullet pierced his kapiyoh, or Muslim hat, barely grazing his head. Imam Yakobe Raimanee of the Pattani Central Mosque came under fire from an unknown number of gunmen armed with M16 assault rifles at his home on Monday night, Muang station police chief Naruacha Suwannalapa said Mr Yakobe was about to close the front gate of the house after returning from the mosque when the assailants fired at least five times at him. He was unhurt in the attack but one of the bullets passed a hair's breadth from his head and ripped a hole in his hat. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 LMAO @ tu3031 |
| Posted by: ryuge 2010-10-16 13:37 |
| #2 Awwww, man, not his Muslim hat! He loved that hat... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-10-16 11:07 |
| #1 All roads lead to.............. |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-10-16 06:41 |