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| Village chief shot dead in southern Thailand |
| 2008-02-10 |
| A village head was shot dead and his former assistant was injured inside a teashop in this southern border province[Narathiwat] Sunday morning. Witnesses told police that the two were having coffee in the shop when two assailants walked in and opened fire at them at about 8:10 am. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 No....let me guess. They suspect it was muslims that did the killing. Right? Is that stereotyping? Or is it a recognition that the vast majority of the perps of gangland killings are muslim? |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-02-10 17:35 |
| #1 There has been unrest in southern Thailand since January 4, 2004, particularly in the provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, and Pattani. These regions are home to most of the Muslim minority in Thailand, many of whom are also ethnic Malays. These have been the scene of separatist activity since the 1980s. The population is particularly disaffected by the perceived heavy-handed crackdown on these activities by the central government, which has portrayed the security problems in the region as a non-issue. On October 26, 2004, 78 people were suffocated after being put in police trucks in Tak Bai, having been suspected of taking part in riots around the region. On November 7, 2004, the Defence Minister of Thailand said that there were more than 700 casualties in south Thailand since the unrest began in January. 17.9 percent of the people in Narathiwat are Buddhist. The rest Muzzies. Where there is islam... |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-02-10 13:32 |