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    October 10, 2011

11 Chinese Sailors Killed in River Boat Attack

   VOA News
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   Mekong River

   Chinese officials said Sunday at least 11 Chinese were killed and two
   are missing after their boats were attacked in the Mekong River by
   suspected drug traffickers.
   Chinese Foreign Ministry officials told the Xinhua news agency that two
   cargo boats were attacked Thursday in the Golden Triangle area of the
   Mekong River.
   The Bangkok Post newspaper said Thai forces engaged the drug
   traffickers soon afterward and recaptured the boats, which had 900,000
   methamphetamine tablets on board.
   Thai forces said the bodies of the Chinese crews were found in the
   river, blindfolded, with their hands tied behind their backs.
   The Thai army told the Post that a gang run by Nor Kham, a Shan drug
   trafficker, is thought to be behind the killings.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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