Four shot dead in Thai south

YALA, January 28, 2011 (AFP) - A security volunteer collecting her two-year-old daughter from day care was among four people shot dead in separate attacks in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said Friday.

Unknown gunmen attacked the 37-year-old Buddhist woman in front of her child in Pattani province on Thursday afternoon.

Two Muslim men, aged 24 and 41, were killed in separate drive-by shootings in the same province on Thursday.

Another gun attack in neighbouring Yala province on the same day left a 35-year-old Muslim security volunteer dead at his home.

Shadowy Islamic insurgents have appeared to intensify fighting recently, with an unusually brazen attack by armed rebels on a Thai military base in Narathiwat province last week killing at least four soldiers.

On Friday, a Buddhist monk and three troops escorting him to collect morning alms were injured when a homemade bomb hidden at the foot of a bridge in Pattani was detonated by radio.

Militants have waged a violent campaign in Thailand's southernmost region bordering Malaysia since early 2004, leaving more than 4,400 people dead, including both Muslims and Buddhists.

Thailand extended emergency rule last week in most of the Muslim-majority region for another three months, despite rights groups' concerns about the powers given to the military.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2011-01-28

I love the way the 'rights groups" keep complaining about the emergency rule when there is continued open conflict from both sides. There has to be some form of disarming down there and there needs to be both sides at the table. But Islam is not exactly its claimed 'religion' of peace and the retaliation is only to be expected by 'whomever' as it is almost at vigilante stage now.

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4 shot dead in the south.............didnt see.......has no affect on tourisme TAT declared.

TIT for TAT

hgma

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Over 4,000 killed in the south. Report another 4 and Thai Visa boring. Can't be bothered.

Talk about red shirt protest investigation Yellow shirt charged for shutting down airports.

all of a sudden Amazing Thai Visa.

Edited January 28, 201115 yr by jayjay0

A 2 year old child witnesses her mother being shot dead. Totally barbaric..

I see a significant increase in terrorist attacks in the South in the last weeks.