Insurgents kill police; trains still halts

(BangkokPost.com) - Insurgents opened fire on a police officer in the heart of a market in Narathiwat Thursday morning, killing him with 14 bullets.

The shooting in the morning market caused shoppers to panick and run for their lives.

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and still the deafing sound of silence ,

where is the outrage .............????

Policeman cut down in gunfire in Narathiwat market

June 7, 2007 : Last updated 11:28 am (Thai local time)

Narathiwat - A policeman was killed and robbed of M-16 assault rifle by eight Muslim insurgents at a fresh market in this southern border province Thursday morning.

Police Senior Sgt-Maj Suriya Malaimarn, 51, was shot and killed by eight insurgents while he was driving his pick-up truck slowly through the market road in Tambon Rusoh of Rusoh district at 7:20 am.

Suriya was transporting foods for his wife to sell at the market in front of a railway station when the eight insurgents surrounded his truck and opened fire at him with pistols.

Suriya was hit by over 10 bullets.

The insurgents then took his M-16 rifle and fled the scene on four motorcycles.

The Nation