முஸ்ஸீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் 4 பௌத்தர்களை கொலை செய்தனர் ஒருவர் தலை துண்டிப்பு

தாய்லாந்தில் நான்கு பௌத்தர்களை முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் கொன்ற்னர். ஒருவரது தலை துண்டிக்கப்பட்டு உடல் ஒரு பையிலும் தலை இன்னொரு பையிலும் போட்டுவிட்டனர்.

இதுபோல தலையை துண்டித்து பௌத்தர்களை கொலை செய்வது 25ஆவது முறை.

Four Buddhists killed by militants
Jun 13, 2007

Suspected Muslim separatist rebels have killed four Buddhists and wounded eight soldiers in three separate attacks in Thailand's rebellious south.

One of the victims was beheaded.

Two of the victims, both itinerant salesmen, were shot dead on Tuesday in a village in Narathiwat, one of the southernmost provinces caught up in a three year separatist insurgency in which more than 2,300 people have died.

The body and head of a third salesman were found in separate bags on Wednesday, police said, bringing the number of decapitations in the unrest to 25.

"There were merchants from other towns and they didn't know they were visiting a red village," a policeman in Narathiwat said.

Thai security forces use "red" as a label for villages they say are filled with insurgents.

In a separate incident, a small roadside bomb detonated in front of a Muslim school in Pattani province, killing a Buddhist soldier and wounding another, police said.

Two hours later, militants exploded another bomb near an army patrol, which then came under small arms fire.

Seven soldiers were wounded, police said.

In Yala province, 200 Muslim youths with their faces covered rallied in front of a mosque demanding the government find the killers of a Muslim religious teacher shot dead, police said.

Human rights groups and independent researchers say Thai security forces are guilty of many extrajudicial killings and "disappearances", a charge Bangkok denies.

Despite the presence of 30,000 troops and police, the violence shows no signs of abating.

Security analysts say it is only a matter of time before the unrest spreads north to tourist resorts such as Phuket or Koh Samui, or Bangkok.