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| Hunted man hits motorcyclist before Thai terrorists kill him | |
| 2011-02-06 | |
Police found the body of Machu Jaetae, 35, with two gunshots in the head in his pickup truck. The body of dead motorcyclist, Nihor Nima, 60, was three hundred meters away. Machu had been driving his pickup with 15 tanks of live tabtim baby fish for delivery, along with three other workers, when a gang of gunmen in a blue Isuzu pickup with no licence plate approached and aimed a rifle at him. The victim saw this and tried to get away, accidentally hitting Nihor's passing motorcycle. The gunmen shot at Machu twice before speeding away. Police suspect the motive for his slaying stemmed from either a personal conflict or was part of ongoing unrest in the region. In Pattani province, one person was killed and two others wounded in a shooting on Friday at a Buddhist village. A security volunteer said later the shooting was the second time that residents had been targeted. Although the 30 families in the village were fearful, they had said they would remain. Old man gunned down in Pattani An old man was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province on Saturday afternoon. Sompong Limpadaphan, 64, was attacked on a local road while driving a motorcycle back home by two men on another motorcycle. Gunman riding pillion shot five bullets at him from a 9mm caliber pistol. The victim died at the scene. Police blamed separatist | |
| Posted by:ryuge |