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Five shot dead in southern Thailand
Suspected terrorists separatists have shot dead five people in Thailand's troubled south, police said on Tuesday, as the government warned that rebels were stepping up attacks against teachers.

A Buddhist man and a Muslim man were killed in Pattani province, police there said, while two Muslim men were shot dead in separate attacks in Narathiwat and Yala, all today. Suspected terrorists insurgents yesterday evening killed a Muslim woman in Yala, local police told. Three of the five people killed in the Muslim-majority region were heads of village administration bodies.

In Bangkok, government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalap told a cabinet meeting that separatist rebels were increasingly targeting teachers and schools. Since the beginning of the school year on May 6, nine teachers have been killed and six schools set on fire, he said. "The attacks rose sharply compared to last year and attacks were more bold," Yongyuth told reporters after the cabinet briefing. He said authorities were trying to devise a security plan aimed at keeping teachers safe, especially as they travelled to and from schools.
Posted by: ryuge 2007-09-19
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