Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Thailand
Charles Johnson
Sun May 6, 2007 at 11:25 am PDT • Views: 274
Five killed in Thailand’s restive south.
Five people, including two Muslim children, have been killed by suspected Islamic rebels in separate attacks in Thailand’s violence-torn south, police have said.
A group of militants ambushed a motorcycle late on Friday (local time) and shot dead a 45-year-old Muslim man and his two children, an 11-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy, in Yala, one of three Muslim-majority provinces.
Also in Yala, a 37-year-old Muslim man was hacked to death by militants in public view at a market late Friday, police said.
They also found the body of a man in a river in the province. While the case is still under investigation, police suspected he was a victim of Thailand’s three-year insurgency in the south bordering Malaysia.
Police said several hundred Muslim women and children also blocked a highway in Yala on Saturday as they continued their sit-in for the third consecutive day to demand authorities release suspected militants.
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