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another 4 shot dead
Four killed, four wounded in troubled Thai south: police
2009-11-09 17:51
Four killed, four wounded in troubled Thai south: police | My Sinchew
Four killed, four wounded in troubled Thai south: police
2009-11-09 17:51
YALA, Nov 9 (AFP) - Suspected Islamic insurgents have shot dead four people and wounded another four -- including an eight-year-old girl -- in Thailand's troubled south, police said Monday.
Officers Sunday morning found a 34-year-old Buddhist shot dead and his 40-year-old colleague seriously wounded in a jungle in Yala province, where they had been collecting plants to sell at a local market, police said.
That afternoon, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot a 46-year-old Buddhist policeman working in Pattani province, who died in hospital.
Later in the same province, a 23-year-old Muslim was killed in a drive-by shooting while he was eating in a restaurant. The gunmen wounded three other people, including an eight-year-old girl, police said.
On Monday morning a 53-year-old Muslim, the former assistant to a village chief, was shot riding his motorcycle home from a teashop in Narathiwat province. He died in hospital.
More than 3,900 people have been killed since a bloody separatist rebellion erupted in January 2004 in Thailand's Muslim-majority southern provinces bordering Malaysia.
The shadowy insurgents, who never publicly state their goals, have targeted Buddhists and Muslims alike, with victims ranging from rubber plantation workers to teachers and security forces.
