Commuters killed 'execution style'

Suspected Muslim insurgents hurled a bomb at a commuter van in Thailand’s restive south today and then opened fire on its Buddhist passengers, killing eight of them execution-style.

Two other people – a passenger and the driver – were injured in the morning attack and taken to hospital with gun shot wounds to the head, said police Lt Kitti Mankhong, a duty officer in the Yaha district of Yala province, where the violence occurred. Suspected insurgents bombed the van as it slowed into a curve in the road, Kitti said.