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Southeast Asia
Terrorists kill five in southern Thailand
2008-10-21
Suspected Muslim terrorists militants killed five civilians and injured six in two attacks in the deep South, police said Tuesday.

Six men on motorcycles, believed to be separatist terrorists insurgents, opened fire with M-16 rifles on a house Monday night in the Thung Yang Daeng district of Pattani, The attack killed three Thai Muslims, police said.

Also on Monday night, in nearby Narathiwat, assailants attacked a pick-up truck on the outskirts of the city, killing two Muslim men and injuring six others in the vehicle.

"Thai authorities keep saying that the violence is on the decline here, but actually, it's just the same," said Somporn Sangsomboon, a teacher in Pattani. "The authorities still can't secure the area."
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