Almost 80 rioters die in Thai police trucks
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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, officials said yesterday.
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The deaths of dozens of protestors on October 25 at the hands of the Thai security forces, and the horrifying manner in which they died, has unleashed fury in the predominantly Muslim provinces
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BANGKOK : Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the government would prosecute 300 Muslims detained at a riot this week that led to the deaths of 87 protesters, while another 900 would be released.
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PATTANI, Thailand -- Thailand&#39;s prime minister has said security forces made mistakes handling a group of Muslim rioters and has expressed regret that nearly 80 people died of suffocation while in custody.
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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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Thailand&#39;s prime minister announced yesterday that hundreds of Muslims detained after a riot in the country&#39;s restive south would be freed, in a bid to ease tensions over the deaths of 85 accused rioters - including 78 who died in military custody.
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At least 78 people died in a crush in southern Thailand Monday after police and troops fired shots to disperse a crowd of Muslim demonstrators outside a police station, a justice ministry official said on Tuesday.
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At least 78 people have died following a riot in southern Thailand, many of them by crushed and suffocated after they were arrested and packed tightly into trucks, officials said Tuesday.
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BANGKOK : At least seven people have been killed in separate attacks in Thailand&#39;s restive south in the last 24 hours, police said amid a spate of violence following the deaths of 87 Muslims last week.
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Amnesty International urges Thailand to investigate, after 84 Muslims die in protests in the south of the country.
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TAKBAI, THAILAND - As many as 78 people were crushed in the aftermath of a riot in southern Thailand, officials said on Tuesday. A prominent Thai pathologist told a news conference that most of the victims
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BANGKOK : Six protesters were killed Monday when security forces broke up a demonstration outside a police station in Thailand&#39;s troubled Muslim-majority south, a hospital source said.
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Almost 80 Muslim demonstrators arrested in southern Thailand suffocated after being crammed into army lorries, the Thai authorities admitted yesterday.
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THAILAND faced furious protests from Islamic countries and organisations yesterday as horrific details emerged of the deaths of 78 Muslims in military custody on Monday.
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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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Thailand's government faced withering  criticism on Wednesday after almost 80 Muslims suffocated to  death while in army custody, with one newspaper blaming the  tragedy on the prime minister's flawed leadership.
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PATTANI, Thailand -- 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. Islamic leaders accused troops yesterday of overreacting and warned the deaths could worsen sectarian violence.