MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti) - Eleven people were
killed and another 12 wounded in an attack at a mosque in
southern Thailand on Monday, the Bangkok Post reported.
Gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire
"indiscriminately" at the mosque in the Narathiwat province
where around 50 people were attending evening prayers, the
paper quoted the army and police as saying.
"They opened fire indiscriminately at about 50 worshippers
inside the mosque,'' a police official was quoted as saying.
He added the local imam was also killed and that that up
to five people had been involved in the attack.
Army spokesman Col. Parinya Chaidilok, however, said there
were two attackers, one of whom entered through the front door
of the building while the other came in by a side door before
opening fire.
He confirmed that 10 people were killed instantly and
another died on the way to the hospital, while the 12 wounded
were all in critical condition.
Authorities have previously blamed most of the violence in
the country's south on shadowy, separatist Muslim militants.
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