Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Three bouddhist women assassinated in south Thailand

Suspected muslim separatist on motorbike killed 3 women and injured several workers this sunday. Gunmen blocked the road with their motorbikes and attacked a truck with automatic rifles.

Saba Yoi is one of several Songkhla districts into which violence has spilled from the three southern most provinces hit by a three-year separatist insurgency.

The insurgency in the provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat an islamic sultanate until annexed by Bangkok on 1902, has shown no signs of abating since the coup, it took place on Tuesday 19 September 2006. The Royal Thai Army staged a coup against the government of the Prime Minister Taksin Shinawatra. This attack was prepared by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the first Muslim army commander and leader in Thailand.

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