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| Southeast Asia |
| Couple gunned down in southern Thailand |
| 2012-02-16 |
| A man and his wife were gunned down as they left home to gather forest products in Pattani province on Tuesday morning. Anan sae Iew and his wife Lakkhana sae Iew were shot by two men who followed them on a motorcycle as they left their home. The assailants also stole their motorcycle. In Narathiwat province, police searched a rubber plantation for explosives and other bomb-making materials. They were led to the site by Ibromae Dona, a supporter of the RKK Village leader killed in drive-by shooting A village leader was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province on Tuesday evening. Police received a report about the shooting at 6:30 p.m. They found the body of Madawee Mayawka, 48, village chief of Ban Kujing Ruapa, behind the steering wheel of his pickup truck. Madawee was driving his truck on a rural road in his village after attending a meeting at the provincial district office when a gunman on a pickup truck opened fire on him with an M16 assault rifle. The victim was hit several times in the chest and died on the spot. Police blamed separatist |
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