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Southeast Asia
Deadly weekend of jihadi terror in southern Thailand
2010-08-29
Three people have been killed and two injured over the past two days in southern Thailand
And this is just the first story.
Wong Kaewtheabthong, 62, and his wife Jung, 51, were shot dead on Friday, while driving on a motorcycle to their home. Police suspect that the couple was shot by two suspected terrorists insurgents who followed them on a motorcycle and then fired at them as they passed a school.

Makata Muhamad, 46 a village leader, and Sumsuding Muhamad, his nephew, were shot on Friday night by unidentified gunmen. Sumsuding was killed in the attack. The two were returning from a security duties at a local school. The gunmen waited on the roadside and fired AK-47 rifles at the two when the vehicle passed a mosque. The two exchanged gunfire with the attackers, and both sustained serious injuries.

Meanwhile, Pvt Kathawut Srisurus was slightly injured yesterday by a bomb that went off in Yala's Raman district. The bomb was detonated by remote control as a patrol unit passed, with the terrorists suspected insurgents hiding by the side of the road.

Defense volunteer killed

A defense volunteer was gunned down in an ambush early Sunday morning. Rormuelee Abu, 41, was attacked at around 2 AM by a number of unknown gunmen while returning home. He was shot several times and died at the scene. Police found 41 M16 shells , 15 AK47 shells and 4 shotgun shells at the scene. Police blamed terrorists separatist militants.

Another couple gunned down

Another married couple was killed in a drive-by shooting on a local road on Sunday morning. Police inspected the incident scene and found dead bodies of Khum Sahaman, 50, and his wife, Lim, 50, inside their pickup truck which crashed on a tree on the roadside. The two victims were shot by 9mm handguns and died at the scene. Police blamed terrorists separatist militants.

A married couple was also murdered in a drive-by shooting in front of a village school late Friday afternoon. The victims, identified as Wong Kaewthiabthong, 62, and his wife Jang, 51, were attacked while they were on their way back home by two men on a motorcycle, and died at the scene. Police also blamed terrorists separatist militants.

Park ranger's two-year old son murdered
In case you thought it couldn't get worse...
A two year old boy was gunned down and his father, a ranger at a national park, seriously injured by gunmen in a pickup truck on Sunday afternoon. Mahadee Sama-air, the forest ranger, was attacked while driving a car with his wife, a two years old son and his mother-in-law at the park. Mahadee was shot in the head and chest, while his son took one bullet in his head. His wife and his mother-in-law were unharmed. Police blamed terrorists separatist militants.
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