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| Defense volunteer gunned down in southern Thailand | ||
| 2011-03-09 | ||
| A local defense volunteer was killed in a drive-by shooting in Yala province early Wednesday morning. Abdulloh Salae, 40, was driving his motorcycle to his duty post at a school in Muang district at about 12:15 a.m. when a gunman on a pillion of another motorcycle fired bullets from .38 pistol at his back. The victim fell onto the road, the gunman returned, and shot him twice in the head, then fled. 14-month old latest victim in Thai insurgency A 14-month-old girl has died from trauma from a gunshot wound during a gunfire attack in Pattani on Monday by Bunthisa Malayanont passed away on Monday evening after two hours of surgery to repair bullet wounds to her left shoulder and lung. She died in the arms of her parents. Suphol Klomphol, 62, a retired policeman, was on a drive with Bunthisa when two men on a motorycycle fired several shots at him, instantly killing him. The deputy provincial governor expressed his condolences over the deaths and called on residents, especially local Buddhists, to exercise restraint and tolerance. "The insurgents want to create a rift between people believing in different religions. If violence or anger is vented, their objective will be met."
The National Security Council is insisting on a policy focused on reconciliation and pardon rather than military action,
14 motorcycles have been stolen over the past two months, said police in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district, warning of possible motorcycle bomb attacks in coming months. In Yala, a village leader was gunned down while on his way to tap rubber trees, by two men on a motorcycle. Mahamah Puteh was the head of local security operations in his village and police believe his murder was insurgency-related. Truck owned by teacher used in bombing The pickup truck used in a bomb attack at Si Sakhon district police station in Narathiwat on Monday belonged to a teacher from neighbouring Pattani province. A preliminary investigation also showed the pickup truck - with a fake licence plate and a 50-kilogram homemade bomb stuffed into a cooking gas cylinder - had passed through several security checkpoints. Two people were wounded in Monday's blast and an associated grenade attack. | ||
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