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Woman gunned down, husband and son injured in southern Thailand
A woman was killed, her husband and young son seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province on Friday morning.Korde Leeheng, 40, was driving to Saiburi on a local road together with his wife, Sakina Phitak, and his eight-year-old son when gunmen in another car sprayed them with bullets from AK47 and M16 assault rifles. The assailants then fled. Mrs Sakina was hit several times and died instantly in the front passenger seat. Mr Korde and his son were each hit several times and taken to hospital. Police blamed separatist Oil trader gunned down An illegal oil vendor was killed in an ambush in Narathiwat province early Friday morning. The victim was identified as Vachira Chanthit, 36, a resident of Tak Bai district. Witnesses told police that Vachira and his two friends went in a pickup truck to deliver smuggled oil to a client's house. He was standing in front of that client's house while the two friends were carrying the containers of oil into the house when a gunman shot him twice with a .38 caliber pistol. Mr Vachira was hit twice and died on the spot. Police blamed the attack on separatist Posted by: ryuge 2012-02-03 |
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