A border patrol officer who was assigned as a teacher was stabbed to death yesterday near his school in Yala province. The latest killing kindled further fears among in the Muslim-dominated province, where border patrol police have been assigned to replace frightened teachers staying away from work. The body of Pol Sgt Prawes Wongsawat, 33, of the 445th border patrol police unit, was found in a swamp behind Nikhompitakrat school in Than Tho district yesterday morning. He had been knifed in the stomach and clubbed over the head. Police said the sergeant was killed early on Sunday morning while on guard duty at the school. He was normally accompanied by two Muslim villagers, but they had gone to a mosque for prayers just before the attack occurred, leaving him alone at the school.
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It is believed he was assaulted by four or five assailants who clubbed and stabbed him and then dragged his body into a swamp about 10 metres behind the school. |