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Southeast Asia |
Thai army admits to killing four Muslim villagers |
2012-03-22 |
Thailand's military Wednesday admitted troops had gunned down four Muslim villagers on their way to a funeral in the deep south due to a "misunderstanding" in late January. Four others were injured when a ranger unit opened fire on their pickup truck in Nongchik district of Pattani province. The military ordered the withdrawal of the unit immediately after the incident and set up a panel including a local religious leader to investigate. A statement from the southern region army command said, "The incident in which on-duty security officials acted against civilians was likely caused by a misunderstanding resulting from the surrounding circumstances." It said the incident occurred as troops were in pursuit of terrorists In the latest violence, a ranger was killed by a roadside bomb early Wednesday in Cho-Ai-Rong district of Narathiwat province. Three others including two rangers and a villager were injured. The five kilogram bomb was hidden at the foot of a bridge and detonated by radio control after villagers had alerted rangers about a suspicious object. |
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