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| School guard shot in southern Thailand |
| 2009-07-03 |
| A school security guard was seriously wounded in Pattani on Friday afternoon in a drive-by shooting by two men on a motorcycle. Police said Royali Ding, 30, a security guard at Ban Khao Toom School in Yarang district, was followed by two men on a motorcyle while returning home from prayers at a mosque. He was fired on by the pillon rider and hit twice in the body. 148 Buddhist monks deployed to temples in deep South A total of 148 Buddhist monks were flown here in an Air Force plane so that they could stay at temples during the Buddhist Lent, which starts on Wednesday. The monks came from northern and northeastern provinces. They will stay at some 100 temples in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. It is a tradition that all Buddhist temples must have at least one monk staying during the 3-month-long Buddhist Lent but most temples in the three southern border provinces are deserted because of the violence. |
| Posted by:ryuge |