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| Village leader gunned down in southern Thailand | |
| 2010-07-27 | |
| A village headman was killed by gunmen in Pattani's Muang district on Tuesday morning. Police said Sakkarin Waeda-o, 36, was attacked by three men in his house. He was shot in the head and body. About 15 M16 shells were found at the crime scene. Another man, Maruding Tae, 32, sustained gunshot wounds during the attack. He was sent to Pattani Hospital and is now reported to be out of danger.
Government forces believe they have wounded at least one member of a group of armed The clash took place yesterday in Rueso district in a mountainous forest area in Ban Tanyong in tambon Batong. The suspected Security officers seized a 38-calibre pistol, two mobile phones and three knives at the house. They also found bloodstains nearby and assume some of the insurgents were wounded. In Sungai Padi district, a team of border rangers suffered minor injuries in a bomb attack on a road in Dohe village, tambon Riko, about 11am yesterday. The bomb damaged the pickup truck the rangers were travelling in. Cpl Mongkhon, the team leader, said the bomb exploded as the pickup truck was passing the spot where it was planted. He said the bomb was hidden in a fruit basket on the roadside and was set off with a mobile phone. Security officers have detained two suspects. Meanwhile, Chaiyong Maneerungsakul, a member of the Advisory Council for Peace Building in the Southern Border Provinces, said yesterday the council had asked the government to pay members of the provincial Islamic committees in the five southern border provinces a 3,000 baht a month allowance to boost morale. Each Islamic committee has 30 members. | |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 40,000 headmen couldn`t make me change my mind If I had to choose between a deaf man and a blind. |
| Posted by: Steve Winwood 2010-07-27 23:58 |
| #1 Meanwhile, Chaiyong Maneerungsakul, a member of the Advisory Council for Peace Building in the Southern Border Provinces, said yesterday the council had asked the government to pay members of the provincial Islamic committees in the five southern border provinces a 3,000 baht a month allowance to boost morale. Each Islamic committee has 30 members. "Let's have the government fund us, instead of having to use cash from the Widows' and Orphans' Ammunition Fund." |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-07-27 20:22 |