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Ambush in Thailand's Muslim south kills five

Suspected militants in Thailand's Muslim-dominated south killed five Buddhist construction workers in a roadside ambush on Thursday, police said.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 09:14 April 24, 2008
  • Gulf News

Pattani: Suspected militants in Thailand's Muslim-dominated south killed five Buddhist construction workers in a roadside ambush on Thursday, police said.

The armed attackers fired on a pick-up truck carrying the workers to an Islamic school construction site in the province of Pattani, police said.

One person was also wounded in the attack.


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