Muslim family of four massacred in Yala


Yala - A Muslim man, his daughter and two nephews were massacred late Tuesday night allegedly by Islamic insurgents, police said.

The bodies of the four were found in their burnt house by other villagers in Ban Sapom Village in Tambon Patae of Yaha district at 6 am.

Police said the four were shot dead with shot gun late Tuesday night and the attackers also set fire to their house.

The father was identified as Ma-useng Jehloh, 56, his daughter as Nurahayati Jehloh, 21. His two slain nephews were Kuseng Tuankorseng, 14 and Tuware-asueming Tuankorseng, 17.

The Nation


Two shot dead, seven injured in Thai Muslim south


YALA - Two men were killed by suspected Islamic rebels in separate drive-by shootings and seven security officials were injured Wednesday, in bomb attacks in Thailand's restive south, police said.

A 48-year-old Buddhist man was gunned down by militants while driving a motorcycle in Yala, one of three Muslim-majority southern provinces bordering Malaysia, they said.

In neighboring Pattani province, a 40-year-old Buddhist man on a motorcycle was shot dead by insurgents in a separate drive-by shooting.

Also in Yala, a soldier was seriously wounded when a roadside bomb went off, and six border patrol policemen were hurt in another roadside explosion in front of a school.

Agence France-Presse



Four killed in Pathum Thani market shooting spree


Pathum Thani - Four people were killed when an unidentified man armed with AK49 assault rifle and three grenades went on a shooting spree early Wednesday morning, police said.

The man began the rampage after police seized a motorcycle suspiciously left outside the Thai Market in Klong Luang district since 9 pm.

Police took the motorcycle and kept inside the police booth at the market at 3 am Wednesday and the man later turned up to claim for the machine.

A policed at the booth wanted to search the man but he refused and ran away and took out the rifle and fired at a security officer and killed him.

He also fired and injured a pick-up truck driver when the driver refused to give him a ride.

He ran to an intersection and fired and killed a durian vendor.

Police then surrounded him and exchanged a gun fire with him until 5:50 am. A policeman was killed and an inspector was injured during the exchange of gunfire when the gunman was also killed.

The Nation