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| Southeast Asia |
| Three gunned down, one of them torched, in southern Thailand |
| 2009-09-10 |
In the capital town of Pattani province, gunmen shot dead a Buddhist security guard working at an office for military veterans as he rode his motorcycle to a market late Wednesday, police said. The attackers then torched the 42-year-old's body and his motorcycle in the middle of the road in front of terrified onlookers, they said. Gunmen shot dead a deputy village chief on the same day, also in Pattani province, police said. Meanwhile the deputy chief of another village in Songkhla province was shot dead as he sat in his car on Wednesday. Also: A school in Buerae village of NarathiwatÂ’s Bacho district was set on fire on Thursday morning, Bacho police said. It took about 30 minutes for fire fighters to extinguish the blaze. One classroom was damaged. Police blamed |
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