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Policeman gunned down in Thailand

REUTERS , BANGKOK

Gunmen killed a policeman and a bomb wounded three police officers in Thailand's Muslim south yesterday as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to crack down on suspected Muslim militants and promised more aid for the region.

Unidentified assailants armed with M-16 automatic rifles shot Muslim policeman Aran Santakor, 31, as he walked to work in the province of Pattani, Major Waiyawit Nopparut at Muang district police station told reporters.

The death is the latest in a wave of violence that has killed more than 250 people since January.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/20/2003175815

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