தாய்லாந்தில் மேலும் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் பேயாட்டம்- 5 பேர் பலி

தாய்லாந்தில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தொடர்ந்து பௌத்தர்களை கொன்று குவித்து வருகின்றனர்
அதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக பள்ளிக்கூட மராமத்து வேலை செய்துகொண்டிருந்த ஐந்து ஊழியர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டனர்

Thailand: Five construction workers killed by militants

Bangkok, 24 April (AKI) - Five construction workers were shot and killed by Muslim insurgents on Thursday while they were entering a school in southern Thailand.

The victims "had to construct a fence for a school and were killed as they were getting off a truck," said Acra Tiproch, a Thai army spokesperson. The school, which was closed for a break, is in the southern Thai province of Pattani.

In a separate attack also on Thursday morning, two soldiers were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded close to a school building that they were guarding in the Cho Airong district of Narathiwat province.

Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani are three Muslim-dominated provinces in Thailand, which is an overwhelmingly Buddhist country.

State school and teachers in the southern provinces, are viewed as symbols of government authority and are often targeted in attacks carried out by Muslim rebels.

Some 91 teachers have been killed and hundreds injured since the violence first flared in January 2004.

Security guards in charge of protecting the schools have also been victims of the violence.

It is estimated that more than 3,000 people have been killed in the almost daily attacks.

The rebels are fighting for the creation of an independent Islamic state.