Yala: 11 people including civilians,
a soldier and a militant were shot dead in Thailand`s
Muslim-majority south as violence intensified in the holy
month of Ramadan, police said today.
The spate of attacks yesterday was one of the
bloodiest for months in Thailand`s insurgency-hit provinces
bordering Malaysia, where a bloody separatist rebellion has
been raging for more than five years.
Gunmen shot dead a soldier as he rode his motorcycle
in restive Narathiwat province yesterday night, while a deputy
village chief was gunned down and killed in a teashop in the
same province hours later, said police.
A Muslim man was shot dead and his wife seriously
injured as they returned from a religious school in
Narathiwat, they said.
In neighbouring Pattani province, gunmen killed a
Muslim religious teacher and his 13-year-old son after
following them through the provincial capital late yesterday,
police said.
Gunmen earlier shot dead a Muslim candidate for the
local administration as he returned from prayers at a mosque
in Pattani, and in separate attacks they shot dead three other
Muslim men in the same province.
Meanwhile attackers raided a house in Yala province
and shot dead another Muslim man as he broke his fast for
Ramadan yesterday evening, police said.
Bureau Report
