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| Today in Thai carnage |
| 2011-10-14 |
| Six people were killed and one was wounded on Friday in two separate attacks in Pattani province. The first attack occurred in Mayo district as four gunmen in a pickup truck without license plate intercepted a vehicle of a local official and opened fire. The official and his driver were killed on the spot and a passerby was also killed. A 13-year-old student was injured by stray bullets. Later, four gunmen on two motorcycles attacked a seafood processing business in Panareh district, killing the couple who owned the shop and a relative. The attackers then planted a bomb near the shop which was later defused by the police. Defense volunteer gunned down Suspected Police investigation showed that the victim was riding on his motorcycle when two suspected Villager killed in Yala Korde Balohsanor, 42, a resident YalaÂ’s Bannang Sata district, was killed in an ambush on a local village road on Wednesday morning. Korde was riding a motorcycle heading to his home when attackers hiding in a roadside forest opened fire at him. He was hit several times and died on the spot. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 This includes not only policemen and informants, but also emergency workers, school teachers, people who attend or send their kids to government-run schools and the loved ones of anyone else "cooperating." Also anybody whose grandfather had a feud with mine. Anybody who ever dissed me. Anybody whose kid does better in school than mine. Unless, of course, they also joined up. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-10-14 16:13 |
| #2 Generally, Muslims who are killed are those who are considered to be cooperating with local authorities or the government. This includes not only policemen and informants, but also emergency workers, school teachers, people who attend or send their kids to government-run schools and the loved ones of anyone else "cooperating." The message to everyone is "we're going to destroy Thai authority and you'd better not stand in our way." |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-10-14 16:06 |
| #1 Seems like the majority of victims here are muslim. To an extent, this is good in that they are killing their recruiting base and alienating themselves further. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2011-10-14 14:15 |