THAILAND: Gunmen shoot dead 10 people in a mosque

Record ID: 352836

  • Title: THAILAND: Gunmen shoot dead 10 people in a mosque
  • Date: 9th June 2009
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL (2 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 24th June 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVADVZ9NRSYWIXSULK86C76AIY8V
  • Story Text: Ten people were killed and 12 wounded when suspected insurgents opened fire at a mosque during evening prayers in Thailand's restive deep south, police said on Monday (June 8).
    The police said at least five gunmen armed with assault rifles sprayed bullets into the mosque in the Cho Airong district of Narathiwat, one of three predominantly Muslim provinces troubled by five years of separatist violence.
    The gunmen entered from the back door and started firing while about 100 people were praying, police said.
    More than 3,000 people have been killed in the three provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani since January 2004.
    No credible group has stated its goals or claimed responsibility for any of the attacks in the region, which was an independent Muslim sultanate until annexed by predominantly Buddhist Thailand a century ago.
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