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| Muslims suffocate in police trucks |
| 2004-10-27 |
| AT least 84 Muslims died - mainly from suffocation in the back of security force trucks - after police and troops broke up a violent demonstration in southern Thailand. Most of the victims died while being taken into custody after officials used water cannon and tear gas to break up the protest on Monday outside a police station in the Takbai district of Narathiwat province. Six were confirmed dead from the clashes on Monday and more than 1000 demonstrators were arrested. Dr Pornthip Rojanasunan, a forensics expert who works for the Justice Ministry, said yesterday she and a team of doctors conducted autopsies on 78 bodies at an army camp in Pattani province and found 80 per cent of them had perished from suffocation. "We didn't find any dead bodies with broken arms or legs, but between two or three of them had broken necks, which may have been caused from the transportation," she said. Major-General Sinchai Nujsathit, deputy commander of the Fourth Army, said the victims may have died from suffocation "because we had more than 1300 people packed into the six-wheel trucks". He did not say how many trucks were used. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 The carpet-humpers said: "if you don't let us go, we'll hold our breath." The Thais called their bluff. |
| Posted by: Funky6334 2004-10-27 8:02:19 PM |
| #11 That happens here sometimes. Coyotes will bring a bunch of I guess it's not good that a government is so careless and callous, but in this case, the sympathy meter is reading 0.0. |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-10-27 4:56:49 PM |
| #10 Glass parking lot jokes? Who was joking? |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-10-27 4:27:07 PM |
| #9 I remember something from an Old Mad about the Black Hole of Cal Cutter.... southron sherrif thing. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-27 4:18:43 PM |
| #8 Damn I feel terrible. The black Toyota of Calcutta? I'm ashamed, I screeched with laughter. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-27 4:16:46 PM |
| #7 I guess the Tais' definition of assymetrical warfare wasn't formulated in Brussells --- whatever works. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6236 2004-10-27 4:14:34 PM |
| #6 The black Toyota of Calcutta? Not funny Chuck, not funny at all. Speaking as a historian, this story actualy gives me the chills. IIRC, b4 the gas chambers were built at the Extermination Camps in Nazi Germany, the Nazis experimented with trucks/vans rigged with trick exhausts that would vent into the cargo area. Quite a few Jews were killed this way... Brr... I hope this was realy accidental. We don't need to go down this path, glass parking lot jokes not withstanding. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-10-27 9:15:20 AM |
| #5 The black Toyota of Calcutta? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-10-27 8:38:08 AM |
| #4 Thai government spokesman Jakapob Penkair said last night the deaths had to be considered in the context of the "bigger picture". In other words, that's 84 less assholes they gotta worry about. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-27 8:33:11 AM |
| #3 Gives a whole new meaning to "Keep on truckin'" |
| Posted by: RN 2004-10-27 8:22:49 AM |
| #2 "...where an insurgency has killed 409 people this year." I prefer militant radical Muslim insurgents with front entry wounds around the heart and at a higher militant-to-innocent ratio, but this is a start. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-10-27 8:21:12 AM |
| #1 And if they'd stormed the police station, killing policemen/women this would have been 'a great victory for Allan.' Looks like someone has the right idea. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-10-27 8:08:08 AM |