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| Policeman gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2011-10-08 |
| A policeman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province on Saturday. Sgt Jiraphan Leeyanond, 26, was driving his motorcycle about 11:45 a.m. when a gunman on another motorcycle opened fire on him with an AK47 assault rifle. Sgt Jiraphan was shot four times in the back and fell off of his bike. The attackers followed to shoot him one more time in his head and then fled. He died on the spot. A police spokesman blamed separatist Deputy school chief dies after shooting The female deputy director of a school in Narathiwat province has been gunned down and her husband injured in a drive-by shooting by suspected Waroon Tong-iad, deputy director of Romklao High School, was driving a car with her husband, Sakul Tong-iad, sitting next to her on Thursday when they were followed by two men on a motorcycle. The pillion rider fired about a dozen shots through the window on the driver's side before fleeing. The couple were taken to the hospital, where Waroon was pronounced dead. She received five gunshot wounds to the body and neck. Mr Sakul, the director of the school where his slain wife worked, was hit in the shoulder and is being treated. Waroon was the 148th member of the teaching profession to be killed in southern Thailand since January 2004, said Boonsom Tongsriprai, a teacher's representative in the far South. The chairman of the Confederation of Teachers of the Three Southern Border Provinces said more teachers and school staff had been killed this year by Teachers and school leaders yesterday met provincial governors and security officers to discuss the killing and increase security. Sanguan Intarak, chairman of the Confederation of Teachers in Narathiwat, said a rumor has been circulating that the rebels would continue to attack teachers. Several teachers have reported being followed by groups of teenagers behaving suspiciously whenever they walked or drove around. They believe the youngsters are spying on them, and collecting information for possible attacks. |
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