Religion of Peace Strikes Again in Restive Thailand
Four more dead in the south Thailand jihad: Four killed as Thai PM visits troubled south.
The media seem to have decided to label the killers as “separatists” now.
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Suspected separatists shot dead four people including a government official in Thailand’s restive south, police said Wednesday, as the Thai premier began a two-day visit to the region.
A 33-year-old Muslim village chief was killed Tuesday evening in Narathiwat province after separatists opened fire on his vehicle as he drove a truck full of football players home from a match, local police said.In nearby Yala province the same evening, a 48-year-old Buddhist man, a provincial official from the environment ministry, was shot dead in his car, Yala police told AFP.
Early Wednesday, a 42-year-old Muslim man was shot dead at his rubber plantation in Narathiwat province, police added, while a Buddhist man, also 42, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the same province.