Separatist violence leaves 2 dead, 7 hurt in Thailand

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Separatist violence leaves 2 dead, 7 hurt in Thailand

BANGKOK , AFP

A visit by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Thailand's restive southern provinces was marred by fresh separatist attacks that left two people dead and seven injured, police said yesterday.

A marine officer was killed and six colleagues injured on Sunday afternoon in a bomb blast at an athletic field in Narathiwat Province, a hotspot of separatist attacks that have left more than 200 people dead this year.

A former village official was earlier shot and killed in neighboring Pattani province just before a Thaksin delegation arrived in the region for the latest initiative to try to quell violence in the Muslim-majority south.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/29/2003176994

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