Southern Thailand insurgency death toll rises to 5086 after eight years

A total of 5,086 people have been killed and 8,485 others have been injured since the insurgency in the deep South flared up eight years ago, a university announced Tuesday.

The Deep South Watch of Songkhla University told a press conference that the southern insurgency had been going on for more than eight years. The flare up started with the theft of guns from a military camp in January 2004.

Read more: The Nation

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