Thai Troops Sent South to Quell Muslim Unrest

World | April 29, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

Troops fanned out across southern Thailand to restore order after a day of carnage in which security forces shot dead 107 Muslim militants and the army said it faced thousands more insurgents. Army chiefs ordered two extra battalions of soldiers into the three southernmost provinces as the predominantly Buddhist "Land of Smiles" digested what newspapers described as one of the bloodiest days in Thailand's modern history.

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