Teachers Are ‘Soft Targets’ in Thailand Insurgency

School teacher Atcharaporn Thepsorn was 8 months pregnant when she was killed by suspected Muslim insurgents in Thailand.
Teachers Are ‘Soft Targets’ in Thailand Insurgency
SOLDIERS OCCUPYING SCHOOLS: Thai soldiers walk past Muslim students while checking security at a classroom in Pattani Province, southern Thailand. Fourteen government teachers have been killed this year by suspected Muslim insurgents. Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/Getty Images
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SOLDIERS OCCUPYING SCHOOLS: Thai soldiers walk past Muslim students while checking security at a classroom in Pattani Province, southern Thailand. Fourteen government teachers have been killed this year by suspected Muslim insurgents. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/Getty Images )
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