13 schools torched in southern Thailand
Thursday, June 14, 2007
In an apparent coordinated attack, 13 schools were set ablaze late yesterday in southern Thailand, an escalation of violence that authorities are blaming on Muslim insurgents.
The 13 schools were burned in Pattani and Yala, two of the three restive, Muslim-majority Thai provinces on the border of Malaysia.
On Monday in the third province, Narathiwat, three teachers were...