cheekyboy Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 10 killed in Thailand attacks 7 hours ago Suspected Muslim insurgents have killed 10 civilians in a flurry of attacks in southern Thailand on the fifth anniversary of a bloody assault by security forces against militants at a mosque. In the worst incident, at least six gunmen stormed into a house in Yala province, opening fire on a Muslim family killing four people including a 16-year-old girl. Two Muslim men were later found dead in the compound of a nearby mosque. Thai security officials blamed Islamic insurgents trying to stir up communal tension between Buddhists and Muslims. The incidents came ahead of the fifth anniversary of the April 28 2004 assault on the Krue Se mosque by Thai security forces, in which 32 insurgents were killed in a hail of rocket-propelled grenade and assault-rifle fire. Other clashes the same day between Muslims and government forces resulted in the deaths of a total of 107 people at the hands of security forces, turning the mosque attack into a symbol of the heavy-handed tactics of Thai authorities. The killings fuelled an insurgency that has claimed more than 3,400 lives in Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat and some parts of neighbouring Songkhla. In the latest attack, a Buddhist government official was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani, the army official said. In a separate incident on Monday night, gunmen shot and killed a Muslim defence volunteer while he was watching a football match in Yala province. Another Muslim man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the same province. In another district of Yala province, suspected militants fatally shot a Buddhist rubber plantation worker. Copyright © 2009 The Press Association. All rights reserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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