Family members console the bride of Army Ranger Ahmad Dao, 28, who was shot to death yesterday as he was welcoming guests to their wedding party in Pattani province. |
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PATTANI — Gunmen shot a Muslim army ranger to
death at his wedding in the southern border province of Pattani yesterday – an
attack authorities blame on local separatist militants.
The attack took place at a house in the Mueang
district where the family of Ahmad Dao, a 28-year-old ranger, was hosting a
wedding reception for him and his bride-to-be, police said.
“We believe this is an attempt to cause a bad
situation by sympathizers of those who wish to cause unrest in the region,”
Police Lt. Col. Anthee Ko-ari, an officer at a local police station, told
reporters, using a state euphemism for secessionists who are battling to secede
Pattani and its neighboring provinces from Thailand.
Ahmad and his bride, who was not identified, were
welcoming guests to his wedding at around 5.20 pm when four men, who had arrived
earlier and infiltrated the party, opened fire and shot Ahmad seven times before
driving away, Anthee said.
Investigators collect evidence at the scene where four gunmen shot an army ranger to death at his wedding reception yesterday in Pattani province. |
Ahmad’s family rushed him to hospital but he later
died of the injuries, Anthee said.
Police are investigating the attack.
According to data compiled by human rights groups,
more than 6,000 people have died since the latest wave of separatist violence
broke out in the Muslim-majority region, known as the Deep South, in January
2004.
The violence is believed to have been mostly
perpetrated by a network of Islamic insurgents who aim to revive the independent
nation of Patani, which was annexed by Thailand in 1902 and subsequently
partitioned into the provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala.
At least 60,000 security officers have been
stationed in the Deep South to combat the insurgency, including soldiers,
marines, police officers and paramilitary army rangers.
Five people were killed and 14 injured in seven
separates attacks between 6 Aug. and 12 Aug., according to Col. Pramote Prom-in,
spokesperson of a counter-insurgency agency, the Internal Security Operation
Command.
“The perpetrators of violence still create violent
situations by planting bombs and shooting at security officers and civilians,”
Pramote said at a news conference yesterday. “This is simultaneously done with
efforts to spread the their ideology and distort facts, in order to discredit
state power and spread paranoia in the region.”
Correction: An earlier version of this story
indicated the attackers opened fire after pulling up on motorcycles. In fact
they had earlier joined the wedding party before brandishing weapons and
shooting the groom.
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