Thursday, July 26, 2007

தாய்லாந்து: முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் பள்ளிக்கூடம் எரிப்பு: குண்டு வெடிப்பில் 6 பேர் படுகாயம்

தாய்லாந்து முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் பள்ளிக்கூடம் எரிக்கப்பட்டது.
மற்றொரு இடத்தில் இவர்கள் அரிசிக்கடையின் முன்னர் குண்டு வீசியதில் 6 பேர் படுகாயம் அடைந்தனர்

Bomb blast injures 6, school torched in restive southern Thailand
The Associated PressPublished: July 22, 2007


BANGKOK, Thailand: Suspected Muslim rebels exploded a bomb in front of a rice shop and set fire to a school in restive southern Thailand, injuring six people, police said Sunday.

Two classrooms were destroyed in the public school in Pattani province's Panarae district by the fire early Sunday, police Sub. Lt. Wichathorn Phimklom said.

On Saturday evening, a bomb exploded in front of a rice shop in Narathiwat province's border tourist district of Sungai Kolok, police said. A 10-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were among the six injured, they said.

More than 2,300 people have been killed since a Muslim insurgency erupted in early 2004 in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat and some parts of Songkhla.

More than 100 public schools have been burned because insurgents believe they are used by the government to teach un-Islamic values, and because they are generally unprotected targets.

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Sungai Kolok used to be a popular tourist destination, particularly for citizens of neighboring Malaysia who came for shopping and nightlife activities, particularly prostitution, which is less tolerated in their home country. However, several bombings in the past 3 1/2 years have scared away most tourists.

Also Sunday, unidentified assailants in a pickup truck shot Muslim rubber tapper Boraheng Waekuechi in the head in Yala's Yaha district, police said, adding that he was in critical condition. There were no immediate suspects in the attack.

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