PATTANI, THAILAND (AFP) - Four people were killed in a late-night attack by Muslim insurgents on a military outpost in Thailand's violence-wracked south, authorities said on Wednesday (July 24), as dramatic footage emerged showing security forces diving for cover from a hail of gunfire and a grenade blast.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PATTANI, THAILAND - Four people were killed in a late-night attack by Muslim insurgents on a military outpost in Thailand's violence-wracked south, the authorities said on Wednesday , as dramatic footage emerged showing security forces diving for cover from a hail of gunfire and a grenade blast.
Rebels seeking autonomy for the culturally distinct region have been fighting the Buddhist-majority Thai state, which colonised the area over a century ago. The rebels stole five machine guns, burned tyres and scattered spikes on the road as they fled to hamper any chase, he added. The attack comes four days after rebel suspect Abdulloh Esormusor was left unconscious after being arrested under martial law and taken to a notorious military camp in Pattani.
Inkayuth is the Thai army's biggest detention centre in the south, where rebel suspects are taken for questioning and held under the emergency laws governing the conflict-scarred region.But critics say impunity reigns in the security straitjacket of the south - no military personnel have ever been successfully prosecuted for abuses over the conflict.
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