US EditionGunman kills 3 in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, including 9-year-old girl
- On May 2, a gunman opened fire in a neighborhood within Tak Bai district of Narathiwat province in southern Thailand, resulting in the deaths of three individuals, including a nine-year-old girl.
- The shooting occurred amid a decades-long separatist insurgency where violence frequently hits the Muslim-majority southern provinces seeking greater autonomy.
- A fatal attack left one person dead at the location, while two others later passed away in the hospital; authorities suspect the individual responsible is connected to a rebel faction and is still evading capture.
- Local officer Watthana Thurarat stated that police suspect the attacker is connected to a rebel group, and reported additional injuries among several other individuals involved in the incident.
- The incident highlights ongoing instability in Thailand’s far south, where over 7,000 people have died since 2004, and authorities continue manhunts amid rare civilian-targeted attacks.
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Manhunt for gunmen who killed four in Narathiwat
The head of the army in southern Thailand has condemned the gunmen responsible for the brutal murder of four people, including a nine-year-old girl and a 76-year-old blind woman, in Tak Bai and Chanae districts of Narathiwat province.
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AlKhaleej TodayGunman kills three, including child, in Thailand’s insurgency-hit south
BANGKOK, May 3 — A gunman has shot dead three people including a child in Thailand’s insurgency-hit south, police said today, as authorities pursued the suspect. The attacker opened fire late yesterday in a residential area of Tak Bai district in Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-majority provinces in Thailand’s far south gripped by a decades-long separatist insurgency. Three people were killed, including a nine-year-old girl and a 75-yea…
Gunman kills 3 in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, including 9-year-old girl
BANGKOK: A gunman has shot dead three people including a child in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, police said Saturday (May 3), as authorities pursued the suspect. The attacker opened fire late Friday in a residential area of Tak Bai district in Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-majority provinces
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