Two Thai soldiers beaten to death after being held hostage
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TANYONG LIMO, Thailand : Two Thai soldiers who had been held hostage in a mosque in southern Thailand were beaten to death on Wednesday, 18 hours after they were seized, an army officer said.
"I can confirm that our two officers are dead. We are going to get their bodies from the villagers," Colonel Apithai Sawangpob told AFP.
The blood-soaked bodies of the two navy officers were carried out from Tanyong Limo village and taken to Narathiwat provincial hospital, an AFP reporter saw.
Military officials identified them as Sub-Lieutenant Vinai Nabut and Petty Officer Khamthon Thongeiat.
The two had been stabbed in their stomachs and badly beaten about their heads, Apithai said.
They had been taken hostage on Tuesday as they chased suspected militants who had killed one man and wounded four others in the village, police said.
Navy Captain Trikwan Krairish, who is their superior officer, expressed shock at their deaths.
"I regret that they finally were killed. We had surrendered to their demand by bringing Malaysian reporters but our two soldiers were killed anyway," he told reporters at the scene. - AFP/de -
poor things...
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this is a sick world.
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CIVILIANS did that eh ? .......... hmmmmmm .......................
