Three women shot dead in far South, including 179th teacher killed in decade

[Lite Beer]

SOUTHERN INSURGENCY
Three women shot dead in far South, including 179th teacher killed in decade
The Sunday Nation

Members of a bomb squad unit inspect the scene after a roadside bomb blast, triggered by suspected separatist militants, that left a village defence volunteer with leg injuries, in Narathiwat

YALA: -- Two women were shot dead in Yala's Betong district yesterday morning, while a female teacher was also fatally shot in Pattani's Khok Pho district. A bomb in Narathiwat's Rueso district also injured a defence volunteer.

In Yala's Betong district, Sirirat Saechan, 35, was shot dead at 10.30am while her friend Salinee Saethong, 55, died on the way to hospital after two men on a motorbike chased and open fire at them while they were riding a motorcycle on Highway 410. Police were investigating if the killings stemmed from a personal conflict or the ongoing unrest.

Meanwhile, Ban Kuan Taen Schoolteacher Isara Chairitchok was shot at 12.30pm at her house's gasoline pump shop in Khok Pho, as two men on a motorbike pretended to be customers and shot her twice in the head and twice in the back.

Khok Pho Hospital later sent Isara to the better-equipped Pattani Hospital but they were unable to save her. Her death made Isara the 179th teacher to be killed in the region over the past decade. Police suspect the attack was retaliation for the killing on Friday of two alleged insurgent leaders in Nong Chik district by the authorities.

Meanwhile, Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Forward Command spokesman Colonel Pramote Phromin said two guns plus ammunition were seized in the operation on Friday at Nong Chik's Ban Khok Node in which two suspected insurgents were killed.

Suspects Russadi Baerohsamae, 33, and Abdullohman Jehteh, 31, were wanted for 11 and 45 national security cases respectively, he said. Pramote said that out of the five others who surrendered during the operation, two were found to have nothing to do with violence, so they were released.

In Narathiwat's Rusoh district, defence volunteer Doloh Waesu was injured at 8.40am by a bomb on Suan Pithan Road. He was patrolling the area with five others when they spotted a bomb under a vandalised roadside sign, the patrol team leader Ban Bluka village headman Royalee Musor said. As they walked to closer look at the item, Doloh tripped on a wire linked to a hidden bomb, which resulted in him getting leg injuries.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Three-women-shot-dead-in-far-South-including-179th-30247861.html

-- The Nation 2014-11-16

[simple1]

Terribly sad, cruel and destructive for the local communities with both Muslim and Buddhist teachers at government schools being murdered. It has previously been reported the 'old guard' of the militant movements have condemned these murders, but are ignored by the younger generation of the armed groups, the Juwae.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/01/201312981049122230.html

[ezzra]

That raid, few days ago that killed two of top terrorist group should repeat it self on a daily bases,

get it right please, these are Terrorists, not insurgents, and you should treat them as such,

where is the glory of the Thai army with it's hundreds and thousands of solders and latest

equipment? sleeping at the barracks or guarding protesters somewhere no doubts?//

[seajae]

again we see these brave terrorists killing unarmed women, what heroes they must be. Mind you this is after the thai authorities released 2 suspected terrorists they caught at the time of the shoot out. How in the hell can they stop this when they keep releasing all the suspects they catch, the thought of a little financial bonus for letting them go totally screws with their common sense. Its way past time the thais simply started killing all these terrorists, if they realize they will be killed they will have second thoughts because they are basically all cowards shooting at people that dont shoot back, especially women and kids.

[love1012]

Another Shinawatra legacy!

[diehard60]

Yep! Need to send more guns down there to give out to the people. It was not good they killed one teacher again. It is not the army that is getting killed everyd ay it is civilians and teachers.

[diehard60]

Another Shinawatra legacy!

That all statred WAY before he came to power. Check it out. first.

[shrimpythailand]

ok martial law in bangkok is a done deal - when is the Army and thai police going to really declare martial law in the south... southern thailand looking a lot like iraq and syria with ISIS except on a smaller scale... these separatist muslim murderes are getting away with everything in the south... army and police always reacting instead of PROacting... they have to declare full martial law and take control back to stop these killings of innocent people all over the 3 southern provinces.... jeezus... what a mess....I think the red shirt in bangkok problem is under control - let's see how the new gov decides how to stop the south BIG problem...???

[Alwyn]

Another Shinawatra legacy!

Muppet, do some homework, this has been going of since way before their dynasty

[Alwyn]

and this is what happens when you release the animals instead of keeping them locked up

[simple1]

ok martial law in bangkok is a done deal - when is the Army and thai police going to really declare martial law in the south... southern thailand looking a lot like iraq and syria with ISIS except on a smaller scale... these separatist muslim murderes are getting away with everything in the south... army and police always reacting instead of PROacting... they have to declare full martial law and take control back to stop these killings of innocent people all over the 3 southern provinces.... jeezus... what a mess....I think the red shirt in bangkok problem is under control - let's see how the new gov decides how to stop the south BIG problem...???

Martial Law has been in-place for nine years in the deep South provinces.

http://voicefromthais.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/south-thailand-nine-years-under-martial-law-in-southern-border-provinces-english-version/

[EnglishJohn]

Another Shinawatra legacy!

That all statred WAY before he came to power. Check it out. first.

Yes, but his God complex made it a whole lot worse.

[Baghdad]

Strange that there is never any solid proof of who does the killing. Lets hope that the MP will put a stop to all the killing.

[coma]

Payback for the old honcho getting killed the other day ?

[Baghdad]

How do you know its Muslims, do you have any proof or are you connected to them. Do judge people when you don,t have any solid proof who's doing the killing

[ggt]

Round up every Muslim in that area...take away their guns and knives and explosive materials...if they are found to be linked to terrorist organizations...take them to the Thai fishing boat captains and instruct them to use their body parts for chum...

Edited November 16, 2014 by ggt

[Fatty123]

I'm no fan of the junta, but I cannot condone killing unarmed civilians. Especally those going about their own business at home. It's a tough one, but I would give one more chance for talks to work and then go full John Wayne on them.

[Halion]

Chaos, bedlam and ineptitude reign supreme in this forgotten section of Thailand where anarchy(terrorism) and the right to do what ever the hell you want including murdering women prevails regardless of the numbers of military and police personnel who sit around and scratch their arse.

I wish the international media would pick up on this issue that there is and has been a total breakdown in civil order for decades and the authorities do next to nothing to stop the carnage and killings.

Thousands have been killed and maimed and whole areas terrorized,government personnel including teachers issued with side arms along with the distribution of military weapons to Joe public for self defense. Grow a pair and take control of your own country.

[love1012]

Tak Bai - shinawatra piled them into trucks and made them lie in the sun till they died - "no ...... no ....we not do..........them fasting ramadam" said the small square headed murderer!!!!!! No wonder theyre angry - Also read your history book about Japan and Malaysia - everybody know it started before but Shinawatras made problems 1000 times worse then lied again!!

Edited November 16, 2014 by love1012

[englishoak]

Tak Bai - shinawatra piled them into trucks and made them lie in the sun till they died - "no ...... no ....we not do..........them fasting ramadam" said the small square headed murderer!!!!!! No wonder theyre angry - Also read your history book about Japan and Malaysia - everybody know it started before but Shinawatras made problems 1000 times worse then lied again!!

Lets be honest here, the ARMY packed them into trucks and let them die etc ... lets just say that again... the ARMY were responsible for those deaths regardless of what gov was in at the time, Tak Bai was awful and should never have happened, what should have followed was court martial for the officers and military involved should have been jailed but naaaa.

The army and police have have been terrorising certain sections of the southern population for an awful long time and continue to do so, its far from the shins doing this. No one makes the army do something it dosnt wish apart from only one group which has serious influence over it

Its also largely forgotten who was a favourable and hugely popular supporter of hard lines taken in the early 2000s. Its not just a Shin to blame here.

Having said all that when its killing teachers, women and monks and civillians etc its just terrorism. If it were exclusively military, police or political targets then id call them insurgents...

This lot are in the main simply terrorists responding to having been subjected to terrorism carried out by the Thai military regularly and Thai governments on and off since the very beginning

Edited November 16, 2014 by englishoak