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| Jihadis kill and burn elderly man, attack military camp in southern Thailand |
| 2007-04-16 |
| An elderly Buddhist man was shot dead and his body set on fire in Thailand's restive south of Narathiwat, police said on Monday. Thongmee Mainman, 70, was attacked as he drove his motorbike home from a market in Narathiwat, one of three Muslim-majority southern provinces beset by a three-year separatist insurgency in which more than 2,000 people have been killed, they said. "There must be more than four of them. After they set him on fire, they took his motorcycle too," local police chief Bunlue Chuweth told Reuters. The attackers shot the man five times in the head and torso, before setting his body on fire on Sunday, Bunlue said. Also: A group of unidentified gunmen late Sunday attacked a military camp in southernmost Narathiwat province and killed at least one military man, unconfirmed reports said on Monday. The gunmen, armed with M-16 rifles. launched attacks at the military and police camp in Sri Sakhon district late on Sunday. After a soldier was ambushed and killed, the military counter-attacked. After a 15-minute firefight, the insurgents run away. Several soldiers were also wounded, local radio FM 100 reported. |
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