SOUTHERN UNREST
MALUDING DEETO & MUHAMMAD AYUB PATHAN
YALA : A local man was beheaded by insurgents yesterday, police said. Nails had been hammered through his hands. The body of Kan Sangtong, 55, whose clothes were also burned, was found on a local road in Bannang Sata district. His head was placed on a bridge about 60 metres away from his body.
His son Yutana, 29, who was seriously injured, told police he and his father were attacked by about 10 insurgents as they came from a forest.
Police believed the rebels staged the attack in revenge for the recent killing of six members of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) guerrilla group.
In the same district, a man identified as Abduloh Seng, 41, was shot dead in his pick-up truck. Police are investigating his death.
A rebel suspect was injured yesterday during a gunfight with security officers in Raman district as he tried to escape a raid on a house suspected of being a hide-out for militants.
Security officers said Iibduereh Dingma, 28, was riding a motorcycle away from the house when he was called on to stop, but opened fired on the officers. He then left the motorcycle and ran into the backyard of the Ban Ba-ngoy school. Security officers then shot injured and injured the man.
Police suspect Mr Iibduereh, who was treated at the Yala Centre hospital, of involvement in separatist violence in Raman district.
They were still conducting operations in the area of tambon Ba-ngoy late yesterday as they believe other suspected insurgents were hiding there.
Directors from 55 schools in Raman district yesterday met to review safety measures for teachers after a director of the Ban Mahae school was killed on Wednesday, which led to a two-day closure of all schools in the district.
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