Bangkok: As officials pursued the suspect, a gunman killed three people dead, including a child, in Thailand’s insurgency-hit west on Saturday ( May 3 ).
One of three provinces in Thailand’s far west, which has a Muslim majority, is where the intruder opened fire late on Friday in a residential neighborhood in Tak Bai area, which is home to a dissident insurgency that has been fighting for decades.
According to authorities, three people were killed, including a nine-year-old woman and a 75-year-old person.
According to local police officer Watthana Thurarat,” One target died at the image, and two others succumbed to their wounds at the hospital,” adding that two more people were hurt, two more were hurt.
According to Watthana, authorities believe the suspect has ties to a dissident group and is still at large.
More than 7, 000 people have been killed by hardliners seeking greater independence for the church different region’s Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala regions, which are often racked by violence.
But, armed civilians in residential areas are still a relatively uncommon target for attacks, with the majority involving safety personnel.
Seven people were killed when Thai safety forces shot into a crowd of demonstrators outside a Tak Bai police station in 2004.
In the wake of their arrests, 78 people suffocated in the backs of military trucks, a deadly assault commonly considered to be the cause of the southern turmoil in the country with a Buddhist majority.
When the statute of limitations expired, a Thai court dismissed the long-delayed Tak Bai case brought by survivors ‘ people against seven officials last year.
Experts have warned that the selection may exacerbate regional tensions.