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November 28, 2005
Thailand: Muslim Killed in Drive-By Shooting
A Muslim man has been shot in the Rue So district of Narathiwat, one of the three southern provinces of Thailand which have seen an insurgency which has claimed more than a thousand lives.
Radio Australia states that the man was returning to his home on Sunday when he was shot three times by his assailants.
Police believe Muslim miitants may have been responsible for the killing. No group has claimed responsibility for this or any other of the atrocities from the region.
Muslim separatists wish that the provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani, which were annexed more than a century ago by Thailand, and formerly comprised a Muslim nation called Pattani, should cecede from Bangkok rule.
Though Islamists are blamed for many of the attacks against Muslims, some of these attacks may be caused by criminals and corrupt officials using the pretext of the emergency to settle disputes, it is claimed.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 28, 2005 10:49 AM
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