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| Civilian killed, two wounded in southern Thailand |
| 2013-05-27 |
| A civilian was killed and two more wounded in drive-by shootings in Pattani province over the weekend. Ardae Mahma was gunned down while driving his pickup truck in Yarang district. He was driving at about 8:15 p.m. on Saturday when two men drove alongside his vehicle on a motorbike and the pillion passenger shot him. He died at the scene. Another civilian was shot in another attack about 15 minutes earlier in the same district. Mahmoud Juesae was shot by a pillion passenger on a motorcycle while he was sitting in front of a school about 8 p.m. He was injured and taken to a local hospital. In Yaring district yesterday, 50-year-old Armad Nilor was shot and seriously injured on a local road. He was attacked about 7:50 a.m. by two armed men on a motorcycle while he was riding his own motorbike to work at a coconut farm. The victim, who sustained serious gunshot injuries to his chest, was taken to the hospital. In Yala, three suspects were questioned yesterday about Saturday's coordinated bomb blasts in Yaha and Kabang districts. The three men live near the blast scenes. They were released after police took their fingerprints and DNA samples. The bombs, which went off early Saturday morning, damaged several high-voltage power poles, resulting in power blackouts in many areas. Five bomb squad officers were injured _ one fatally _ in another bomb attack on Saturday shortly after they returned from investigating the bomb blasts in Yaha and Kabang. Wounded Pvt Sorawit Onchanbok was pronounced dead late on Saturday. Meanwhile, a person who claimed to be a "staff vice-delegate" of the BRN has posted a video on YouTube to restate the group's five demands which were made public on April 29 in a video by peace talks leader Hassan Taib. Adam Muhammad Noor repeated demands that Malaysia serve as a mediator, rather than a facilitator, in the negotiations, and called again for the presence of observers from ASEAN, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and non-government groups. He said the continuing conflict in the deep South stemmed from "colonial rule" in the area. He said, "Is it wrong that the people of Patani Malay are protecting themselves from the threats of Siam?", referring to the militants' name for the southernmost region of Thailand. |
| Posted by:ryuge |