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| Five violent attacks in southern Thailand during Ramadan ceasefire |
| 2013-07-22 |
| Violence continues in southern Thailand with five incidents reported today despite the Ramadan ceasefire agreed to in Kuala Lumpur last June. Matsaki Kanet, a village official from the Katong area in Yala province, was wounded when he was shot at noon in the first incident yesterday. Meanwhile, in the second incident in Narathiwat province, a man named Sufian Mamat was killed in a gun battle when Thai security forces surrounded his house. Sufian was a member of the Rundak Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) who set off a bomb which injured two soldiers. Narathiwat assistant police chief Police Colonel Manas Krismat said, a man known as Hamdi Mahamamalee, was shot and wounded in the third incident. He also reported another incident at 6.50pm, Asmadi Tuwaenya died and his wife Ilham Kuma was injured after they were shot. Manas also said in another incident, Asmadi Tuwaenya was killed and his wife Ilham Kuma was wounded after they were also shot. The last incident was reported in the evening when Asri Chekmam was killed after being shot as well. The Ramadan Peace Initiative, from July 10 to Aug 18, was agreed to during a meeting of the Joint Work Group of the Peace Dialogue Process held in Kuala Lumpur. |
| Posted by:ryuge |