.- At least 17 people were wounded in two attacks by suspected insurgents in southern Thailand, where more than four thousand 300 people have died since the Islamic separatist guerrillas resumed fighting in January 2004, police said Saturday. The first attack occurred yesterday afternoon when a man shot two workers at a karaoke bar, while 15 others were injured by a car bomb exploded later in a local massage in Narathiwat.
About 80 percent of two million people in the southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are Muslims, while 300 thousand Buddhists have fled the region since 2004. The lightly armed attacks, assassinations and bombings occur in southern Thailand, despite the deployment of 31 000 members of the security forces and the declaration of a state of emergency.
Thailand annexed in 1902 the provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, which formed the former sultanate of Pattani, where most of the population are ethnic Malays. The insurgents denounce the Buddhist cultural assimilation policy of the Thai government and require the creation of an independent Islamic state. 
About 80 percent of two million people in the southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are Muslims, while 300 thousand Buddhists have fled the region since 2004. The lightly armed attacks, assassinations and bombings occur in southern Thailand, despite the deployment of 31 000 members of the security forces and the declaration of a state of emergency.
Thailand annexed in 1902 the provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, which formed the former sultanate of Pattani, where most of the population are ethnic Malays. The insurgents denounce the Buddhist cultural assimilation policy of the Thai government and require the creation of an independent Islamic state.
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