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| Southeast Asia |
| Today's shootings, bombings, arson and arrests in southern Thailand |
| 2007-07-21 |
Yala police identified the shooting victims as Manoo Dangsuwan, 72, a retired soldier and owner of a quarry in the provincial seat and quarry manager, Yothin Rodphon, who was seriously wounded after being hit in the torso, head and right leg. Mr. Manoo fired several shots from his pistol in a brief gunfight with the attackers who fled the scene. Police found blood stains on a bush and believed at least one of the attackers was wounded. The latest incident occurred a few hours after some And: A bomb exploded at a recreation park near a beach in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district but no one was wounded. The site is a popular visiting point for local residents and tourists on weekends. Meanwhile, a school was torched in Cho Ai Rong district after security forces raided a village and detained 25 people for questioning on Friday. Banyaning School was burned to the ground on Friday night. Completely destroyed in the arson attack, police believe the fire was motivated in retaliation for the raid. A number of electric power poles were felled and spikes were strewn on roads to prevent police from initially responding to the fire. A combined force of 150 police and soldiers had encircled Durulinsan village in Cho Ai Rong and conducted close searches in 20 locations earlier in the day. The village is the hometown of Masae Useng, a key insurgent group leader, with a Bt5 million bounty on his head. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Anyone, or any group, that torches schools should be hunted down, shot, cremated on the spot, and their ashes ground into the dirt. Killing someone robs them of their life: destroying a school deprives dozens of people of a future. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-07-21 15:09 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-07-21 11:42 |