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| Two gunned down, boy loses leg in southern Thailand |
| 2012-09-10 |
| A man and a teenager were gunned down and a homemade landmine blew off a boy's leg in Narathiwat province yesterday morning. Makam Jehmae, 27, and Beedee Mareh, 17, were shot in the head and died in front of Makam's car on a local road at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday. Each of the victims was shot once and their hands were tied behind their backs with their own shirts. Police found evidence of a struggle but did not find any spent shells. Witnesses said the victims had left a tea shop for the market. On the way, attackers stopped their car and ordered them at gunpoint to get out. They then gunned the pair down. Police attributed the killing to a conflict over drugs or the southern insurgency. In Rangae district, Muhammadsafik Lateh, eight years old, stepped on an improvised landmine stuffed in a can while walking with two friends in Ban Ba Ngo Ta village at about 10:40 a.m. The boy was walking through bushes off a local road when he stepped on the mine. The explosion severed his left leg and knocked over his two friends. A truck driver took the children to the hospital, where the boy who had lost his leg was admitted. Police believe the bomb was intended to target government officials. Meanwhile, Songkhla governor Grisada Boonrach said police would seek arrest warrants for three people suspected of gunning down three women in Thepha district and stealing a pickup truck belonging to one of the victims. Police identified the suspects from security camera footage in Saba Yoi district and believed they came from Pattani province. |
| Posted by:ryuge |