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Former village chief slain in southern Thailand
Unidentified attackers killed a former village chief, seriously wounded a police officer and fire-bombed the home of a retired police officer in Thailand's troubled Muslim-dominated south, officials said Thursday. More than 300 people have died in a wave of slayings starting in January, with most of the victims policemen, teachers and officials associated with Thailand's Buddhist establishment. Authorities blame the violence on a renewed Muslim insurgency, which had flourished in the area for decades but largely faded following a goverment amnesty in the 1980s. Arom Buranarak, 67, a former village chief in the Banangstar district of Yala province was slashed to death by two men late Wednesday while he was riding home on a bicycle, said police Maj. Somchit Suwanchatree. Also in Yala province, an unidentified man hurled a fire bomb into the house of a retired police officer Wednesday night, causing minor damage to the building and a motorcycle parked inside, he added. Meanwhile, a gunman in a pickup truck opened fire late Wednesday with an assault rifle on 53-year-old police Sgt. Suradej Kalsuwan, who was riding a motorcycle in the Panareir district of Pattani province, said police Lt. Col. Sakarin Bampensamai. Suradej was hit twice and was in critical condition at a hospital, he said. Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-07-22 |
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