Muslim shot dead, teachers taken hostage in Thailand’s restive south

20 May 2006

A Muslim man has been shot dead by suspected Islamic militants in Thailand’s restive south, while villagers there took 11 teachers hostage to demand the release of suspected insurgents. Paoyi Yousoh, a 39-year-old Muslim villager, was gunned down in Narathiwat, one of the three Muslim-majority southern provinces bordering Malaysia. Also in Narathiwat, some 500 angry villagers burst into a local elementary school and took 11 teachers hostage for three hours. Full Story

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