Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Local Buddhist chief beheaded in Thailand
BANGKOK: A Buddhist deputy village chief was beheaded in Thailand's restive south Tuesday in what was claimed as a revenge killing for the deaths of 87 Muslims after a demonstration last week, police said.
The death is the second beheading to occur in violent unrest that has gripped Thailand's three Muslim-majority provinces since January this year when a long-running insurgency flared anew and has now left 471 dead. Police from Sukhirin district in Narathiwat province told AFP that a villager found the head of the deputy chief of Mamong village, who was around 58 years old, early Tuesday. Police found his body later.
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