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| Thai police find Buddhist man's head |
| 2007-06-13 |
| Police have found the head of a man believed to be one of three Buddhists killed in a village known for Islamic militancy in Thailand's strife-torn south. In other violence linked to the continuing separatist insurgency in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, two separate bombs killed one soldier and wounded another nine, police said. On Tuesday, police found the bodies of three men, including one without a head, in Samakkee village of Narathiwat province, 800 kilometers (500 miles), south of Bangkok, Police Lt. Col. Thanaphol Meechai said. Police blamed Muslim insurgents for the deaths. The head of the unidentified man was found in the same village Wednesday. The beheading was the 10th this year, and one of 25 since violence in Thailand's southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat flared anew in early 2004. "We found the head of the unidentified man this morning. We are investigating how they got into the village where Buddhists have been banned for sometime," Thanaphol said. Samakkee is one of more than 200 villages that have been designated a red zone by the military because of high insurgent activity. Buddhists are banned from entering, Thanaphol said. The three salesmen, somehow, got around roadblocks and drove their pickup truck into the village where their bodies were found late Tuesday, Thanaphol said. In other violence Wednesday, one soldier was killed and one wounded when suspected insurgents triggered a bomb while their unit was on patrol in Tungyangdaeng district of Pattani province, 750 kilometers (470 miles) south of Bangkok, police Lt. Kritsana Sirising said. Another roadside bomb Wednesday wounded eight soldiers in Yarang district of Pattani province, police Lt. Pipat Suwanarak said. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 The Religion of Pieces strikes again. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-06-13 19:12 |