PATTANI, Thailand, April 28, SPA -- Suspected insurgentskilled ten civilians in a flurry of attacks in the insurgency-plagued southern Thailand, the army said Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of a bloody assault by security forces at a mosque. In the deadliest incident, at least six gunmen in a pickuptruck stormed into a house in Yala province late Monday,opening fire on a Muslim family of five, army spokesmanCol. Parinya Chaidilok said. Four people were killed, Associated Press reported. Parinya says two Muslim rubber plantation workers werelater found dead in the compound of a nearby mosque. The incidents came ahead of the fifth anniversary of theApril 28, 2004, assault on the Krue Se mosque by Thaisecurity forces, in which 32 insurgents were killed. Other clashes the same day between Muslims and governmentforces resulted in the deaths of a total of 107 people atthe hands of security forces, turning the mosque attackinto a symbol of the heavy-handed tactics of Thaiauthorities. The killings fueled a nascent insurgency that has claimedmore than 3,400 lives in Thailand's three southernmostprovinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat and some parts ofneighboring Songkhla.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/658810
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