Rory
05-02-07, - 02:30 AM
PATTANI, Thailand (AFP) - Suspected separatists shot dead a three-year-old boy in Thailand's restive south Sunday, police said, hours after hundreds of Muslims gathered to protest the killing of a retired teacher.
The child was killed when insurgents in a truck opened fire on the home of his father, a Muslim village headman, police said. The father was also injured in the attack in Narathiwat province.
The shooting came after suspected Islamic rebels threw a grenade into a crowd of people who were leaving the mosque in Pattani after evening prayers late Saturday.
Moments later, the insurgents opened fire on the crowd outside the mosque, police said, killing a former teacher and injuring three people.
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The child was killed when insurgents in a truck opened fire on the home of his father, a Muslim village headman, police said. The father was also injured in the attack in Narathiwat province.
The shooting came after suspected Islamic rebels threw a grenade into a crowd of people who were leaving the mosque in Pattani after evening prayers late Saturday.
Moments later, the insurgents opened fire on the crowd outside the mosque, police said, killing a former teacher and injuring three people.
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