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Ex-village chief slain in Pattani

A former village headman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani’s Mayo district on Saturday morning, police said.

Pol Col Kongath Suwankam, chief of Mayo police station, said he received a report on the attack about 11am and led a team of police to the scene.

Police found the body of Dora-mae Mahae, 59, a former village chief of Moo 4 in Tambon Khanoon of Mayo district.

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    Discussion 1 : 20 Oct 2012 at 16.221

    These two sentences are seen everyday. When is someone finally try to understand what really is taking place and what can be done. Not what needs to be done but what can be done. Chalerm in a great photo op in today's paper.

    "Dira-mae took bullets in the head and died on the spot. Police are investigating.

    Since the resurgence of insurgency in 2004, there have neem around 11,000 violent incidents instigated by secessionists in the Muslim- majority southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, with almost 5,000 people killed and nearly 8,000 injured."

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