A Thai soldier in restive Yala province in southern Thailand in mid November. Separatist militants shot dead five people in the country's Muslim-majority south, where a bloody insurgency marked its fifth anniversary at the weekend, police have said. (AFP/File/Muhammad Sabri)From Yahoo News/AFP:
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) – Separatist militants shot dead five people in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, where a bloody insurgency marked its fifth anniversary at the weekend, police said Tuesday.
An unknown number of militants attacked a military base in troubled Pattani province early on Tuesday, sparking a 10-minute gun battle that left a 47-year-old ranger dead, said police.
A Buddhist man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the same province late Sunday, they said.
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