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Six die in southern violence

Militants killed five people and injured 10 soldiers and police in separate gun and bombs attacks while police killed one militant yesterday in southernmost Yala province. ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Wed, May 23 2007

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07 Oct 08 visit Raw Video: Tear Gas Fired at Thai Protestors  »  YouTube videoThailand's military agreed Tuesday to deploy hundreds of unarmed soldiers to the streets of Bangkok to help police restore order after violent clashes between police and protesters that left at least 1 person dead and 358 others injured. (Oct. 7)
26 May 07 visit Two killed in ambush in Yala  »  The Nation Two men were killed and two rangers wounded in the continuing southern violence.
24 Nov 07 visit Three killed by southern insurgents  »  Bangkok Post Separatist insurgents shot and killed three more people in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, where violence in a separatist insurgency has flared this month, police said on Saturday.
16 Jun 07 visit Update: Five die in South violence  »  Bangkok Post (Agencies) - Insurgents killed five people in separate shootings in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said Saturday.
26 Jan 08 visit 9 killed, more than 20 injured in bus accident  »  Bangkok Post (BangkokPost.com) - Nine people were killed and at least 22 injured when a tour bus fell off a hill in Kanchanaburi province Saturday morning.
24 May 07 visit Jilted shooter expected to surrender today  »  The Nation A gunman who killed three people, including two city police officers, in a shooting rampage on Tuesday night has reportedly contacted the police to say he will turn himself in today, a senior police officer said yesterday.

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