One killed, 9 wounded in Thai Muslim south attacks

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Source: Reuters

NARATHIWAT, Thailand (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim insurgents killed a rubber tapper and a roadside bomb wounded nine soldiers in Thailand's restive deep south, police said on Monday.

The separate attacks took place in Narathiwat, one of three mainly Muslim provinces near the Malaysian border, where more than 30,000 troops have struggled to quell five years of unrest.

The Buddhist rubber tapper was shot dead early on Monday by unknown gunmen riding on motorcycles in the province's Rangae district, police said.

In neighbouring Rueso district, nine soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when a powerful roadside bomb exploded under their pickup truck.

Nine people have been killed since Friday in a spate of shootings and bombings in the deep south, where a separatist rebellion has killed more than 3,000 people since January 2004.



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