Thai Troops Kill Three Myanmar Migrant Kids: Police

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Thai troops kill three Myanmar migrant kids: police

BANGKOK: -- (AFP) - Thai soldiers shot dead three Myanmar migrant children travelling by pick-up truck Thursday morning when their driver failed to stop at a checkpoint in a border province, police said.

A three-year-old girl and two boys, aged six and 16, were killed instantly and four other Myanmar nationals, said to be migrant workers, were wounded in the shooting in Ranong province, around 550 kilometres (350 miles) south of Bangkok.

The police said the soldiers opened fire when the driver of the vehicle, carrying 14 people, did not stop as requested in the area, which is under martial law along with all Thai border provinces.

Three of the wounded remained in hospital.

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