drogon Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thai paramilitary officers inspect charred cars following a bomb blast in the parking area of a bank in Rangae district of Thailand's disturbed southern Narathiwat province, 21 June 2005 There was a bomb blast in the same province on Wednesday Suspected Muslim militants have beheaded a man in southern Thailand in front of customers in a teashop. Police said the man, a travelling salesman, was shot twice and then decapitated in the shop in Narathiwat province, in the middle of the day. It was the fifth beheading in just over two weeks, and is thought to be the first carried out so publicly. The Thai south has been hit by violence since suspected Muslim separatists launched an insurgency 18 months ago. The latest victim, Lek Pongpa, was a clothes vendor originally from northern Thailand, police said. His attacker carried off his severed head by motorbike before dumping it by the roadside in Joh Irong, about 2km (1.2 miles) . Police Lieutenant Panongsak Wangsupa told the BBC Thai service that witnesses were unwilling to give any information. Eight bodies have been beheaded since the upsurge in violence began. Several have been found with notes claiming the attacks were carried out in revenge for repression by the Thai authorities. People living in Thailand's Muslim majority south have long complained of discrimination by the central government, particularly in areas like education. However, Defence Minister Thammarak Issarangkura Na Ayutthaya said the victims of the violence appeared to be random. "There's no clear direction in the militants' attacks. They have even carried out indiscriminate attacks against Muslim villagers," he told reporters. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has in recent months pledged that his government would tone down its hardline stance on the issue. But there continues to be almost daily murders in the area, and the death toll in the last 18 months has passed 700. On Tuesday, a village official was shot dead in his home in Yala province, a defence volunteer was gunned down in Pattani province, and a small bomb exploded early on Wednesday in Narathiwat province, but no-one was injured. Bad times again in the south I found this article in the european press today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 And for door to door salemen! If only I could get those evangeligiest door knockers to go there! DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shit-Spattered Dog Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 drogon said: But there continues to be almost daily murders in the area, and the death toll in the last 18 months has passed 700. On Tuesday, a village official was shot dead in his home in Yala province, a defence volunteer was gunned down in Pattani province, and a small bomb exploded early on Wednesday in Narathiwat province, but no-one was injured. Bad times again in the south I found this article in the european press today Well one down, 37.88888888888 to go. 700 dead in 19 months ? That works out to 38.8888888888888888888888888 kill per month. 1.something per day. 7+ per week. Shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Not to worry, the PM has the situation well in hand. He'll just drop some more paper birds on the Muslim provinces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I do not worry I just posted it because it suprised me to read it in the european press, which usually doesn't mind for some "incidents" like that in countries far away. (I understand that it is more than an accident for this man) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Just more damm suicides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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