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| Southeast Asia |
| Jihadis torch school in southern Thailand |
| 2006-11-07 |
| A school in Bannang Sata district of Yala has been burnt to the ground, apparently by Muslim insurgents who infiltrated a village where local people had chased off border patrol police. Police said Ban Tabingting Samakee school was set ablaze at 2.30 a.m. The school's kitchen and shops were burnt to ashes. According to official reports, insurgents moved into the Muslim village after local people had confronted police on Monday, and forced them to move out of the village. Villagers said they would look after the school, the reason the police were at the village in the first place. But insurgents set the school on fire, causing damage estimated at 500,000 baht. It was the fifth arson attack against schools in the area. Insurgents burnt down four Bannang Sata district schools last Friday. Head teachers of 35 schools in the district suspended classes yesterday for the safety of students and teachers, after a police patrol unit appointed to protect local schools decided to leave the area. Education Minister Wijit Srisa-arn will go to Yala to visit the troubled area today. Mr Wijit said he wants to listen to teachers' complaints in person. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Schools: Why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-07 23:44 |
| #1 Following the pattern of systematic eradication of non-muslim education exposed here by a RB regular (can't remember who, my bad)? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-07 07:25 |