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33 killed in far South in January

A total of 33 people were killed and 41 others injured in 55 incidents of violence in the far South in January, the Deep South Watch Centre at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani campus, reported on Friday.

The violence involved  car, motorcycle and roadside bombs, ambushes, drive-by shootings and arson,  the centre reported.

Of the death total, 17 victims were ordinary villagers and the others kamnan and village chiefs (4), village defence volunteers (4), soldiers (3), state employees (2), a policeman, one member of a tambon administration organisation, and a teenager aged about 15.

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  • SF57

    Discussion 3 : 04/02/2012 at 08:01 AM3

    D #2
    Quite a gap. Would it be fair to say that there has also been a significant increase in violence between 2006 and 2011?
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  • Discussion 2 : 03/02/2012 at 09:29 PM2

    The new government seems to have forgotten its duties in the far south.
    Violence is on the increase and there is no action from Peua Thai.
    I remember this was the exactly the same situation when Thaksin was in power.

  • Discussion 1 : 03/02/2012 at 03:43 PM1

    33 killed in Jan hmmm at the current rate 363 a year not many i suppose but will there be the hew and cry over 363 inocent killed by insurgents as was the out cry for the 4 deaths by accident i dont think so never mind its not in BKK its ok.

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