Packed into police trucks, 78 people die in Thailand
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PATTANI, THAILAND -- At least 78 people were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and packed into police trucks following a riot in southern Thailand.
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Fresh violence erupted Thursday with the bombing of a bar in Thailand's mostly Muslim south, while villagers held a mass burial for some of the 78 protesters who suffocated while in army custody this week.
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Thailandâs government has come under harsh attack from media, politicians, activists and ordinary citizens for the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in custody, with many saying authorities are making matters worse in the volatile, Muslim-majority south.
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Nearly 80 people suffocated or were crushed to death in southern Thailand after being arrested by security forces during protests, Thai officials said today.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - Almost 80 Muslims died in  military custody in southern Thailand, suffocated while being  transported in trucks to an army barracks after a violent  demonstration, officials said on Tuesday.
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More than 800 people are now reported dead in Thailand after Sunday's tidal waves hit the western coast.
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The Thai prime minister pledges to set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in police custody.
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At least 78 people were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and packed into police trucks following a riot in southern Thailand over the detentions of Muslims suspected of giving weapons to Islamic separatists, officials said Tuesday.
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PATTANI, Thailand, 27 October 2004 - At least 78 Muslims were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and packed into trucks by security forces following a riot in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand, officials said yesterday.
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More than 80 people are now said to have died in Monday's clashes in southern Thailand, most of them crushed.
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Thai officials admitted today that at least 78 protesters in their custody were suffocated or crushed to death after being put into trucks following a riot amongst Muslims in Thailand&#39;s troubled far south.
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Senior Thai officials were negligent in the deaths of 78 Muslims in army custody in October and will be punished, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shed few tears on Wednesday over the death of 78 Muslims in military custody as distraught mourners besieged an army
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Fresh violence erupted yesterday with the bombing of a bar in Thailand&#39;s mostly Muslim south, as villagers held a mass burial for some of the 78 protesters who suffocated in army custody this week.
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Thailand is in shock after 78 arrested Muslims died in overloaded army trucks after a protest turned violent. The BBC&#39;s Tony Cheng has visited the camp where more than 1,000 survivors of the journey are still being held.
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At least 78 Muslim detainees suffocated or were crushed to death after police rounded up 1,300 people and packed them into trucks following a riot in southern Thailand.
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Almost 80 people died of suffocation in southern Thailand while being taken to detention at a military barracks after a violent demonstration, a justice ministry official said Tuesday.