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| Three killed, one wounded in four attacks in southern Thailand |
| 2013-03-11 |
| Three people were killed and one wounded in four separate attacks in Pattani province over the weekend. The latest violence comes shortly after the government's agreement to hold peace talks with the rebel group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), signed last month in Malaysia. The first attack took place on Saturday night in Pattani's Sai Buri district. Mahamalayeng Waedamae, a 50-year-old village leader, was killed outside a mosque. Police said he was shot three times in the torso by a suspected Meanwhile, a deputy village chief was shot and critically wounded in Pattani's Yaring district early yesterday. Police suspect an Also in Pattani, Maporsee Awae, 42, a village defense volunteer was gunned down in Nong Chik district yesterday. Gunmen in a pickup truck sprayed his car with bullets and then fled. Meanwhile, the wife of a border patrol officer was gunned down in Mayo district while returning home from a market yesterday around 11 a.m. Nipa Promphet was killed as she was on a motorcycle returning to her home in Yaring district. A group of men in a car on the Narathiwat-Pattani Road had followed her. One of the men shot her in the head with a pistol. When she fell to the ground, the man fired another shot, hitting her in the torso. She died immediately. Nipa was the wife of an officer attached to Border Patrol Police Unit 444 in Yaring district. |
| Posted by:ryuge |