Pregnant woman among five gunned down across southern Thailand
Terrorists Suspected insurgents shot and killed five people, including a pregnant Muslim woman, in the latest bout of violence in Thailand's troubled southern-most provinces, local police said on Sunday.
A 47-year-old Buddhist army nurse was killed on Saturday morning in a drive-by shooting while she was riding to work at a military base in Pattani province. She was taken to a hospital where she later died.
Two Muslim women, one aged 52 and the other a 25-year-old who was six months' pregnant, were both shot in the head while they were riding home from a market in Yala province. Both died instantly, the police said.
Two men, aged 25 and 27, were killed later on Saturday by terrorists militants on a pick-up truck on a road in Narathiwat province, they added.
Posted by: ryuge 2010-05-23 |