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Two Muslims killed after prayers in Thai south

11/09/2009 10:11:00
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Suspected Islamic militants shot dead two Muslim men after evening prayers during the holy month of Ramadan in Thailand’s insurgency-hit south, police said yesterday.
A village defence volunteer was killed in a drive-by shooting in Yala, the main town in the province of the same name, as he returned home from a mosque on Thursday night, said police.
Separately around five gunmen ambushed and shot dead a village chief in Narathiwat province, also as he was leaving evening prayers on Thursday, they said.
Thailand’s Muslim-majority provinces bordering Malaysia have suffered a spike in violence during Ramadan, Islam’s traditional month of fasting and worship.

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