BANGKOK: Militants shot and killed a policeman and a construction worker in Thailand's restive south, police said yesterday, as troops prepared to free the last batch of 1,200 Muslim protesters held at a military camp for a week.
Islamic leaders and analysts said Muslim outrage over the death of 87 protesters could trigger deadly reprisals and attract more recruits to a 10-month outbreak of unrest in the region, which has already killed nearly 450 people.
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