Aging couple shot dead by suspected insurgents in Pattani

[rooster59]

Aging couple shot dead by suspected insurgents in Pattani

 

 

An elderly couple were shot dead by suspected insurgents as they were riding a motorcycle to their home from a market in Mae Lan district of Thailand’s southern border province of Pattani this evening (Friday).

 

A two and a half year old toddler, on the same motorbike, was also injured.

 

The dead couple were identified as 60-year old Anukul Khunkaew and his 55-year old wife, Mrs. Yupin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/aging-couple-shot-dead-by-suspected-insurgents-in-pattani/

 

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[keith101]

These Muslim insurgents just like killing and don't care who or how old they are and need to be put down like the dogs they are .

[khwaibah]

Scum is what they are. Exterminate without prejudice this slime.

[Orton Rd]

Insurgents as a description should be replaced by Islamic Jihadists, it's more honest

[phantomfiddler]

Perhaps they are just doing what their book tells them they must do, as good muslims ????

[Scot123]

9 hours ago, keith101 said:

These Muslim insurgents just like killing and don't care who or how old they are and need to be put down like the dogs they are .

Well said. I also agree with Orton Rd call a spade a spade and not as we do in the UK "Mentally disturbed" or anything else other that what they really are. Yes fantomfiddeler they are following it to the letter along with the instruction manual's the 3 Haddiethes. 

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

An elderly couple were shot dead by suspected insurgents as they were riding a motorcycle to their home from a market

 

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

A two and a half year old toddler, on the same motorbike, was also injured.

Anyone who says they condone this is seriously twisted!

[smileydude]

The best way to get rid of radicalism in a religion is from within.

Other Muslims who feel this is not in their belief to kill other non-Muslims need to step up and either stop these killers themselves or move to live in Muslim countries amongst themselves.

Imagine Thailand doing what Myanmar does and have Buddhists killing Muslims?  

There are a lot more Buddhists in Thailand.  How would Muslims feel?

[hansnl]

10 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Insurgents as a description should be replaced by Islamic Jihadists, it's more honest

Muslim induced terrorists

 

Might be interesting to try to find out what the role of the ayatollahs might be and what tourists from Iran are doing in the South.

[Srikcir]

On 11/16/2019 at 8:02 AM, rooster59 said:

suspected insurgents

Most any violence in the South is considered initially by suspected insurgents.

More clarity is needed about motivation of the attack and persons involved.

Unfortunately with the military ISOC controlling security in the South under Prayut's State of Emergency, there's no guarantee of unbias reporting. 

[Stocky]

21 hours ago, smileydude said:

Other Muslims who feel this is not in their belief to kill other non-Muslims need to step up and either stop these killers themselves or move to live in Muslim countries amongst themselves.

The couple killed were Muslim. As indicated in the post above, the ongoing southern conflict is often a cover for settling many grudges and disputes. Whilst the security forces aren't necessarily interested in a scrupulous resolution to any investigation.

 

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[MeePeeMai]

The Thai authorities need to learn a thing or two from the "Densus88" anti terror squads in Indonesia.  They know how to stop this kind of madness and are VERY HEAVY HANDED (which is how you need to deal with these scumbags).

 

You don't sit down and negotiate with murdering terrorists, you don't try to appease them and you don't make ANY deals with them.  You hunt them down and kill them.  That is the only way to deal with them.

[Stocky]

2 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

The Thai authorities need to learn a thing or two from the "Densus88" anti terror squads in Indonesia.  They know how to stop this kind of madness and are VERY HEAVY HANDED (which is how you need to deal with these scumbags).

 

You don't sit down and negotiate with murdering terrorists, you don't try to appease them and you don't make ANY deals with them.  You hunt them down and kill them.  That is the only way to deal with them.

You can kill as many southerners as you want, certainly the Thai government aren't shy, but the underlying issue will remain. The Pattani States are ethnically distinct from the rest of Thailand, the people are Malayu. They are a part of Thailand because of an arbitrary border drawing exercise between Britain and the Kingdom of Siam a hundred years ago; done with no consultation or regard to the peoples involved.

 

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[MeePeeMai]

1 minute ago, Stocky said:

You can kill as many southerners as you want, certainly the Thai government aren't shy, but the underlying issue will remain. The Pattani States are ethnically distinct from the rest of Thailand, the people are Malayu. They are a part of Thailand because of an arbitrary border drawing exercise between Britain and the Kingdom of Siam a hundred tears ago, done with no consultation or regard to the peoples involved.

I understand but this does not excuse the random and senseless violence so often committed by armed thugs.  Shooting and killing an unarmed elderly couple riding on a motorbike with a small child cannot be excused (regardless of the reasoning).  Ethnicity and a poorly planned border drawing exercise from 100 years ago is a poor excuse for any justification of such acts. 

[Stocky]

15 minutes ago, MeePeeMai said:

I understand but this does not excuse the random and senseless violence so often committed by armed thugs.

Did I say that it did? Of course there's no justification for random and senseless violence, by armed thugs from either side of the divide. The issue of the south can only be resolved through a negotiated settlement.

[Tayaout]

On 11/16/2019 at 6:56 PM, hansnl said:

Muslim induced terrorists

 

Might be interesting to try to find out what the role of the ayatollahs might be and what tourists from Iran are doing in the South.

Maybe you should learn the difference between Sunni and Shiite. You seems confused. 

[oldhippy]

Are we sure this is not drugs related ?

 

[MarcelV]

On 11/16/2019 at 6:56 PM, hansnl said:

Muslim induced terrorists

 

Might be interesting to try to find out what the role of the ayatollahs might be and what tourists from Iran are doing in the South.

Well, as Iranians are Shias and the people here are Sunnis, the role of ayatollahs in the Deep South is exactly zero.

[MarcelV]

C'mon. Respond to me and keep the conversation going!

[smileydude]

17 hours ago, Stocky said:

The couple killed were Muslim. As indicated in the post above, the ongoing southern conflict is often a cover for settling many grudges and disputes. Whilst the security forces aren't necessarily interested in a scrupulous resolution to any investigation.

 

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I did not see anywhere in the post indicating the ethnicity/religious belief of the victims but assumed they were Buddhists from their names.

 

I do agree insurgency is often used as a cover for settling personal disputes and conflicts.

[Stocky]

8 hours ago, MarcelV said:

Iranians are Shias and the people here are Sunnis

Funding from Saudi Arabia is of more concern, and the spread of Saudi ultraconservative Wahhabism

[Stocky]

12 minutes ago, smileydude said:

I did not see anywhere in the post indicating the ethnicity/religious belief of the victims but assumed they were Buddhists from their names.

 

I do agree insurgency is often used as a cover for settling personal disputes and conflicts.

There is a report in another paper that says: "Relatives took the bodies to a local temple for funeral rites, as per the Muslim custom."

 

The Thaiger

[Tayaout]

54 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Funding from Saudi Arabia is of more concern, and the spread of Saudi ultraconservative Wahhabism

They are US ally so nothing to see there. /s

[ChipButty]

17 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

The Thai authorities need to learn a thing or two from the "Densus88" anti terror squads in Indonesia.  They know how to stop this kind of madness and are VERY HEAVY HANDED (which is how you need to deal with these scumbags).

 

You don't sit down and negotiate with murdering terrorists, you don't try to appease them and you don't make ANY deals with them.  You hunt them down and kill them.  That is the only way to deal with them.

the number "88" is taken from the number of Australian fatalities in the 2002 Bali bombing

[Vacuum]

14 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Are we sure this is not drugs related ?

 

Suggesting that the elderly couple were drug dealers?

[olfu]

all religions must be private matter.

[oldhippy]

On 11/18/2019 at 4:15 AM, Vacuum said:

Suggesting that the elderly couple were drug dealers?

who suggested that ?