Islamic Militants shoot dead 4 soldiers in restive Thai south

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BANGKOK: Militants shot dead four soldiers and wounded two others early on Saturday in Thailand's volatile south, an army spokesman said, as a surge in violence since the start of Ramzan continued.

The group of six soldiers were attacked as they patrolled a road in the Mayo district of Pattani province.

"About 20 armed militants on three pick up trucks opened fire at a team of soldiers once they get close to them," Colonel Pramote Prom-in, southern army spokesman, said.

Pramote said four soldiers were killed in the attack and two more were wounded as they returned fire.

The incident came after a roadside bomb killed five policemen in nearby Yala province on Wednesday.

A shadowy insurgency, without clearly stated aims, has raged in Thailand's three southernmost provinces -- Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala -- since 2004.

Daily bomb or gun attacks have targeted soldiers and civilians, Buddhists and Muslims, claiming more than 5,000 lives in eight years.

A state of emergency is in force in the worst-affected parts of the region which rights campaigners say gives tens of thousands of military troops based there legal immunity, fuelling rights abuses.

Authorities had warned that militants were likely to step-up attacks during the Islamic holy month.


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[IZVINITE]

May The Soul Of Deceased Rest In Peace. The Thai army should definitely wipe these militant out. Militant pose danger to this world they must be eliminated

 

[amidamaru]

why is it muslims are always the ones fighting and killing people??

south of thailand, they want their own country lol... thailand is a buddhist country, but from spread of islam, they fight to make it their own.

south of philippines, same thing.

in western nations, they cant exactly go to war like they do in 3rd world countries, but they do try to change everything to suit themselves...

why?

 

[Developereo]

why is it muslims are always the ones fighting and killing people??

south of thailand, they want their own country lol... thailand is a buddhist country, but from spread of islam, they fight to make it their own.

south of philippines, same thing.

in western nations, they cant exactly go to war like they do in 3rd world countries, but they do try to change everything to suit themselves...

why?

Learn about the history of Malay Muslim south Thailand and how it was forcibly annexed by the Siamese Buddhists in the north after a silent treaty with the British and with NO input from the southerners themselves.

When Indonesia annexed East Timor, the whole world stepped in to liberate. When Siamese Buddhists did the same to Malay Muslims, nobody complained and the captured people are dismissed as "terrorists".