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PATTANI: Four Thai civil defence volunteers were gunned down Thursday (Jan 10) at a school in the kingdom’s south with students just meters away, as bloodshed greets the 15th year of an insurgency in the Malay-Muslim border zone.

The culturally distinct region that borders Malaysia has seen rebels fight against the rule of Buddhist-majority Thailand, which annexed the area over a hundred years ago.

Since 2004, armed insurgents have clashed with Thailand’s powerful military, killing nearly 7,000 people – mostly civilians – both Muslims and Buddhists.

The death toll dropped to a record low last year as Thailand’s government tightened its security web in the south.

But recent weeks have seen an uptick in violence, as rebels show they remain able to carry out operations after 15 years of conflict.

The men killed on Thursday were all Muslim and were guarding a school in Yarang district of Pattani province when the gunmen struck.

main rebel group – the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) – which has command and control over most of the rebel foot soldiers, swore to “keep fighting”.

“Siam (Thailand) can’t hold out,” the BRN wrote, signing off with a warning: “Do not help and support Siam.”

Prolonged peace talks between the Thai government and an umbrella group which claims to represent the rebels have failed to yield peace.

But Thai authorities, as well as the Malaysian facilitator of the talks, have recently expressed confidence they will reach a detente soon.


Source: AFP

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