Three more killed as mayhem continues
Residents protest at Ban Balor school.
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Police found bullet-riddled bodies of three men, one of whom was beheaded, near Kupoh village. The men were believed to have been murdered by insurgents in the restive region.
Police identified the victims as Surachai Nalumalinee, 36, Anusorn Na-aem, 13, and Warin Nuantal, 31. They were found yesterday morning, with Surachai's head 10 metres from his body.Police believe the three victims, residents of the commercial centre of Hat Yai, were killed on Tuesday after they drove a truck to deliver consumer goods to villagers in Narathiwat. The beheading was the 10th this year, and 25th since violence flared in southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat in early 2004. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb in Pattani's Yarang district killed one soldier and injured six others patrolling the area in a pickup truck. The powerful bomb ripped through the vehicle, and a road leading to the scene was scattered with spikes, which delayed the arrival of reinforcements. The man killed was identified as Command Sgt Major Somai Lamooncharoen. Another roadside bomb was detonated outside a public school in Tambon Pagu in Pattani's Tung Yang Daeng district, killing one soldier and injuring another. Police said insurgents had tried to kill the pair by running up and shooting them at close range. The attackers also made off their M16 rifles. The dead soldier was identified as Private Adisak Umpochai, 22. His colleague was rushed to an intensive care unit at a local hospital. In Tambon Palah in Yala's Kabang district, a gunman using an M16 fired at Isma-ae Radeng, 28, as he was about to wash for morning prayers. He survived the attack. Meanwhile, more than 600 residents of Ban Balor in Yala's Raman district protested over the brutal slaying of Islamic schoolteacher Abdulrahman Salmah, 60, who was also an adviser to the Islamic Committee of Yala. Residents claimed the authorities killed him. Meanwhile, people in Ban Balor received two letters with threats to kill teachers and others in the village if their local school was not closed down. At least four teachers have been killed this week in the far South. Dozens of schools in Narathiwat have closed to protest the slayings and demanded protection from the government. On Monday two female teachers were shot dead in front of their students by assailants in the library of Sakoh primary school, Narathiwat. The Nation, Narathiwat
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