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| Four gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2011-04-10 |
| A gunman killed in a shoot-out with security forces was among four people shot dead in southern Thailand. The 47-year-old Muslim man died in the gun battle after 70 police officers and army troops surrounded a house in Yala province on Saturday after a tip-off that The victim had been wanted on several arrest warrants related to Also in Yala province, a 47-year-old Buddhist deputy village leader and a 20-year-old Muslim security volunteer were gunned down as they rode on a motorbike on Friday afternoon. In a another incident on Friday in Pattani province a 52-year-old Muslim government employee was shot dead as he drove to collect his pay. Store owner shot, injured in Pattani The manager of a construction materials store in Pattani province was shot and seriously wounded on Saturday afternoon. Phanom Prommanee, 38, was sitting in his shop together with another three employees when two men on a motorcycle walked into the shop pretending to be customers. One of them suddenly took out his pistol, fired at him and then fled. Mr Phanom was hit by four bullets in his neck and body. |
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