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| Teen killed, set on fire in southern Thailand |
| 2009-09-12 |
| A teenaged Muslim man was killed and his body set on fire in the latest deadly violence in Thailand's Muslim-majority far south on Saturday, police said. The 19-year-old man in Yala province was killed before dawn, his neck slashed, Police Lieutenant-Colonel Charoen Nuantong told reporters. "His body was set on fire and he was left beside the entrance to a rubber plantation," he said. On Wednesday, police said Plus: A Muslim man has been arrested for allegedly launching twin bomb attacks at grocery and a restaurant in Pattani early this month. Pattani Police chief Pol Maj Gen Pichet Pitisetthaphan told a press conference Saturday that Annuwar Sama-ae, 23, was arrested because he was identified by witnesses as the one launched the attacks. Pichet said footage from security camera also implicated Annuwar. The police chief added five more Muslims were being interrogated on suspicion that they involved in the attacks. |
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