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| More violence in southern Thailand |
| 2004-02-16 |
| Four more people were attacked yesterday, capping off a weekend of bloody violence in the South. A forestry worker, an assistant village headman and two border patrol police were seriously wounded in three separate attacks in Narathiwat and Yala provinces. The attacks were the latest in the spate of violence that started on Jan 4 when a military camp was raided and four soldiers guarding the camp executed by rebels at the scene. On Saturday, five people were shot, three fatally. Police suspect all the attacks were carried out by separatist rebels. The attacks continued despite Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s visit to the South over the weekend. Sawad Kanchong, 55, a temporary worker at Narathiwat forestry office was found near a bridge across Nambeng in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat at 7.50 am, bleeding heavily. Police said he was attacked by five assailants on two motorcycles without licence plates, while he was bicycling to a greenhouse in Narathiwat. One assailant hacked at his head with a machete, inflicting two serious wounds. He was taken to hospital and was reported in safe condition. In the second attack, an assistant village head in Rangae district was attacked by two men on two motorcycles without licence plates. Annuwa Arlee, 31, sustained a serious knife wound in the head after he was attacked with a large knife. He was stabbed about 11am while delivering chickens to the local market. The attack was witnessed by many vendors and buyers. In Yala, two police patrol officers were shot by armed men in Bannang Sata district last night. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |