| Submit your comments on this article |
| Southeast Asia |
| Defense volunteer slain in southern Thailand |
| 2014-02-08 |
| A defense volunteer was killed and a village assistant chief and a civilian injured in Narathiwat province and anti-government banners displayed and car tires set on fire at 17 locations in Yala and Pattani provinces on Friday. In Narathiwat, a territorial defense volunteer was gunned down and an assistant village leader and a civilian were injured during a walk-in shooting in YalaÂ’s Yaha district early Friday. The three men were sitting chatting in front of a house when two men arrived on a motorcycle. The killer walked over to them pretending to join in the conversation, then took out a handgun and shot them. The attackers then fled. All three victims were rushed to the hospital in critical condition.The defense volunteer, was pronounced dead on arrival. Police providing protection for teachers were ambushed in YalaÂ’s Kabang district on Friday morning. Witnesses said five policemen returning from escorting teachers were traveling along the road when gunmen hiding in roadside trees fired at them with assault rifles. No police were wounded. In Pattani, banners written in the Malayu language were hung on trees and flyover bridges and suspicious boxes were found at several points. The banners said that the "Siam government" cannot govern its own country, how it can govern Malayu Pattani. Car tires were set on fire in these areas and suspicious seeming boxes which could have contained explosives were also placed there. |
| Posted by:ryuge |