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Southeast Asia
Three gunned down at mosque in southern Thailand
2012-04-13
Three men were gunned down as they left a mosque in Pattani province on Wednesday night, and a woman was wounded in a grenade attack at her home in Yala province on Thursday morning.

The three villagers were killed when gunmen opened fire on them as they left the mosque after prayers in Panare district. 16 spent AK-47 cartridge shells were recovered from in front of the mosque.

Police are investigating, but initially blamed Muslim terrorists militants.

A woman was injured by a grenade explosion at her house in YalaÂ’s Raman district on Thursday morning. The victim was identified as Dariyahasi Sama-air, 25. She was hit by shrapnel and taken to hospital.

Witnesses said a man riding pillion on a motorcycle tossed the grenade into the house. Police inspected the scene and found a big hole in the roof of the house and property inside was also damaged.

Five injured in bus attack

Five passengers were injured when a bus was attacked by gunmen on motorcycles in Pattani province on Friday morning.

The bus was traveling down the road when gunmen riding pillion on two motorcycles fired on the bus with assault rifles. The attackers then fled. The driver of the bus did not stop but drove on to ask for help from a security unit at a checkpoint. Five passengers were hit by the gunmen and were taken to the hospital.

Police blamed separatist terrorists militants.
Posted by:ryuge

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