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Two killed in Thailand's Muslim south

AFP | By, Narathiwat
Oct 04, 2007 04:19 PM IST

Two civilians were killed on Thursday in attacks by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, says the police.

Two civilians were killed on Thursday in attacks by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, police said.

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A 44-year-old Muslim man who belonged to a volunteer village defence force was shot dead in an ambush on Thursday in Narathiwat, one of the provinces roiled by nearly four years of separatist unrest, police said.

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In nearby Pattani province, a 65-year-old Buddhist man was killed in a drive-by shooting, they added.



More than 2,600 people have been killed since separatist fighting broke out in January 2004 in the region along Thailand's southern border with Malaysia.

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