More than 300 schools in a southern Thailand province hit by a Muslim insurgency closed their doors Thursday, with fearful teachers saying they won't return until the government can provide adequate protection, an education official said. | Islam : the religion of thuggery and ignorance. |
Following the recent killings of three teachers, representatives agreed Wednesday that public schools in three southern provinces would go on strike. "All public schools, of which there are more than 300 in Pattani province, are closing because the teachers and students are too scared to go to school," said Chien Sriruang of the Teachers' Association of Pattani in a telephone interview. In the continuing violence, a village chief in Narathiwat province and his wife were fatally shot Thursday morning and a Buddhist teacher was seriously injured in another incident. Police said attackers stormed the village chief's house before gunning down the couple while the teacher was seriously injured when a suspected Muslim rebel opened fire from the back seat of a motorcycle. Details of the incidents were not immediately available. |