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| Three shot dead, bombs found |
| 2005-06-11 |
| THREE people have been shot dead and one critically wounded as police found four bombs in the latest flare-up of violence in Thailand's troubled Muslim-majority south, police said today. The attacks cap a bloody week in which at least nine people died, bringing to about 700 the number killed since January 2004 when a violent uprising erupted in Thailand's three southernmost provinces. Buddhist construction worker Phuang Sungsakul, 49, was shot three times early today as he drove his motorcycle to work in Muang district of Yala province, police said in a report. He died in hospital. Muslim villager Abdulroya Torloh, 39, was shot dead by unknown assailants late Friday at his house in Sungai Padi district in Narathiwat province. A third victim, Buddhist Prachuab Srikrien, 42, was shot late Friday by suspected militants who ambushed his car. He died at the scene of the attack, in Narathiwat's Rangae district, police said. Police also neutralised four bombs in Narathiwat and Pattani, two of the most violence-plagued provinces of the deep south. They included a 15-kilogram bomb planted in a fire extinguisher at a public works service office in Sungai Padi that was defused by a bomb squad yesterday. A remote-control bomb uncovered at a local health office in Pattani's Nong Chik district was detonated today in a controlled explosion which severely damaged the building. "Police suspect these attacks were the work of militants waging an unrest campaign," the police report said. Also today, suspected militants shot and injured the elder brother of a former Yala provincial governor, Yuthasit Kittichokewattana, police said. Authorities blame the unrest on a mix of Islamic separatist insurgents, organised crime and contraband smugglers. They originally targeted security forces and government officials but have spread to teachers and other civil servants, Buddhist monks and civilians such as farmers and shop owners. |
| Posted by:Spavirt Pheng6042 |
| #3 Wonder if they junked the Origami strategy, or will they give it just...one...more...shot... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-11 18:37 |
| #2 I could think of less-productive things Islamist assholes could do, but blowing up the public works and health centers pretty f*&king stoopid. When will the gentle Thais show their steel side? The whining and seething will peg the meters. I say then , TFB |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-06-11 12:08 |
| #1 In light of the Pan-Islamic uprising, I have only one word to comment. Reconquista. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-11 11:22 |