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Four killed in Southern Thailand violence
Four Muslim men have been killed in shooting attacks by suspected Islamic militants in Thailand's restive south.Police say two men, aged 26 and 35, were gunned down in a drive-by shooting on their way to a mosque late on Thursday in Narathiwat, one of the three insurgency-plagued provinces bordering Malaysia. Two other men were killed in separate attacks in the same area. One 52-year-old was gunned down in an ambush, while a 51-year-old was killed when militants opened fire on his home. Plus: A school in this troubled southern province was burned by insurgents early Friday as over three years of violence in the predominantly Muslim region continues, police said. The latest incident occurred at 5.45 a.m. when a village school in Panare district was torched by suspected insurgents, police said. Three fire-fighting trucks were dispatched to the two-storey school but firefighters were unable to contain the blaze which eventually totally destroyed classrooms, a library and educational supplies, they said. Police said unidentified visitors set the fire after the school's security guards left the school to perform religious rites. Posted by: ryuge 2007-04-06 |
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