PATTANI, Thailand --Suspected Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand killed two Buddhist villagers, beheading one of them, and left a note saying the attack was revenge for a deadly weekend bombing at a mosque, police said Monday.
The two burned bodies, one of them headless, were found on a road in Pattani province's Nong Chik district, said police Lt. Natachai Janpho. He said they were apparently killed Sunday night.
A spray-painted message on the road near the bodies said: "This is revenge for Hutae Bongor," Natachai said. Hutae Bongor is a nearby town where the mosque bombing Saturday night killed a Muslim man and injured three others.
The message suggested that the attackers believed the culprits in the mosque attack were members of the security forces of Thailand's Buddhist-dominated government. However, authorities said they suspected the mosque attackers were Muslim militants bent on stirring up communal tension.
In a separate case of violence Monday, a bomb was detonated at a roadside restaurant in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district, injuring one worker. The bomb was hidden in a carry-on bag that belonged to a customer who left the restaurant before the detonation, said police Lt. Tem Intasara. It was triggered by a mobile phone that was later found near the scene, he said.
Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist, but Muslims are a majority in the deep south, where they have long complained of discrimination.
Since a Muslim rebellion flared up in the three southernmost provinces in early 2004, near-daily bombings, drive-by shootings and other attacks in the area have killed more than 2,000 people.
More than 20 of the victims are believed to have been beheaded in the attacks.
Insurgents have targeted Buddhist civilians in what is believed to be an attempt to drive them from the area and to rouse animosity between followers of the two religions.
Muslim citizens -- especially those seen as collaborating with the government -- also have been killed.
Blog master said... I read the news about southern unrest everyday. It have not been changed from the past , before military stage a coup , the opposite of Thaksin former PM accused that the unrest its stem form him because his policy , if depose him out then the abyss would be calm , what of it ?
My friend in nakorn sri thammarat the southern province told me that the guy in his city was arrested because the police officer found that he involved in the bomb case in Yala province , they 'd had the evidence in CCTV that he did. You know , nakorn sri province have far from 3 province in the southern unrest about 300 Km , and he 's not Muslim....
I ever have a remark in case the ranger soldier from the North was arrested in Bangkok railway station with his many bombs in bag - pack , his destination 's Narathiwat. I didn't get the news or anything about him so far. It 's gone with the wind again. If I 'm use the conspiracy theory to solve it, the southern unrest would have to plot by someone who have a brutal power. 2,000 peoples have to died for what. I still don't know what they want.
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