Gunmen shoot dead three on Mekong boat
Three shot dead
- Published: 1 Jul 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Three people have been shot dead onboard a long-tailed boat in an outbreak of violence on the Mekong River following the murder of 13 Chinese sailors more than eight months ago.
The victims, believed to be Myanmar nationals, were shot by an unidentified armed group on Friday as their speedboat was travelling about 10km north of the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, a source said.
The area is notorious for drug smuggling.
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