| Among the 107 militant Muslim suspects killed in the past week by Thai police, 7 were foreign. The fact gives proof that Islamic fundamentalists from other nations have participated in the new wave of violence in the primarily Buddhist country. General Lieutenant Pisarn Wattanawongkiri refused to give further details, but other representatives of the army said that they are verifying the possibility of Indonesian Muslims being among the youth who organized the attacks. In Muslim tradition, the dead should be buried within 24 hours; since no one claimed the bodies of the 7 unknown youth, they are most likely said to be of foreigners. Immigration authorities stated that last month 7 Indonesians entered Thailand from the Malaysian border, across the province of Narathiwat, but there is no record that they had left the country. Immediately after the attacks of April 28th, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra – who visited the southern provinces - excluded the involvement of any foreigners. |