Three killed in Thai south

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NARATHIWAT, Thailand, Aug 15, 2007 (AFP): Separatist militants have killed two more Muslim civilians in the south of Thailand, police said Wednesday, while a suspected rebel was shot dead as he tried to set fire to a school.
A 26-year-old man was shot dead Tuesday evening in Narathiwat, one of three Muslim-majority provinces hit by the separatist bloodshed. Two of his friends were seriously injured in the attack, local police said.
Later that night in Yala province, a 56-year-old was stabbed to death at his rubber plantation, taking the death toll for Tuesday up to seven. A spate of shootings and a bombing earlier in the day had killed five.