South: Schools set alight as ‘act of revenge’

THE BURNING of six schools in Pattani in the early hours of yesterday was described by the military as an act of revenge for recent arrests of key figures in the southern insurgency.

Army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari said that it was likely the separatist movement in the southern border region wanted to attack the authorities in response to their arrests of some key leaders recently. He did not identify them.

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