dead body of a Muslim villager killed

A Thai border police officer examines the dead body of a Muslim villager killed by suspected militants in Thailand's violence-torn southern Yala province, 19 November 2007. More than 2,700 people have been killed in nearly four years of unrest in Thailand's south, which was an ethnic Malay sultanate until Buddhist Thailand annexed it a century ago, provoking decades of tension.

A Thai forensic expert looks for evidence next to the dead body of a Muslim villager killed by suspected militants in Thailand's violence-torn southern Yala province, 19 November 2007. More than 2,700 people have been killed in nearly four years of unrest in Thailand's south, which was an ethnic Malay sultanate until Buddhist Thailand annexed it a century ago, provoking decades of tension