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| Thai police: Authorities not involved in militant's killing |
| 2014-04-19 |
| Thai police have denied authorities were involved in the fatal shooting of a key insurgent who was wanted for six security-related crimes in the far South. Mukta Ali-mama was killed on Thursday night after unknown attackers opened fire on him and his six-year-old son in Yala province. The boy later died at the hospital. After the shooting, police rushed to the scene but were forced to retreat in the face of a storm of bullets. Yala police chief Colonel Sukon Sri-arun said, "An ongoing investigation suggests that internal conflicts within his [Mukta's] group might have led to the fatal attack." Mukta has been blamed for several crimes in the far South. In 2007, he allegedly played a role in the attack on a military base at a school that killed a ranger. Mukta was also accused of killing Pol Captain Thoranit Srisuk, a famous bomb-disposal expert. He was also facing numerous charges relating to multiple attempts to murder officials. Also on Thursday night, a local leader was dragged out of a mosque in Pattani province and gunned down in front of it. The victim was the chairman of the Tambon Korlortanyong Administrative Organisation. Witnesses reported that while Adisak was praying inside the mosque with several people, two men stormed in and arm-locked his neck. A police source said, "After they dragged him out, one of them used the victim's gun to shoot him in the head." Adisak had previously survived two other shooting attacks. Police are trying to determine the motive behind his killing. |
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