Mourning Suthin Taratin - Murdered Thai Protestor
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Suthin Taratin was a Thai opposition leader, one of the "core leaders" of the anti-government movement, a vocal opponent of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, current Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
On Sunday, Suthin was murdered by an unknown gunman, alleged to be a "Red Shirt" supporter of the government. Suthin was leading a group of protestors who were trying to block access to a polling station when a group of Red Shirts, who wanted the polling station to remain open, confronted the Suthin's group. Shots were fired Suthin was hit twice and died before reaching the hospital.
His bathing ceremony, the first step in Buddhist funeral rites, was held Monday afternoon at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara.
On Sunday, Suthin was murdered by an unknown gunman, alleged to be a "Red Shirt" supporter of the government. Suthin was leading a group of protestors who were trying to block access to a polling station when a group of Red Shirts, who wanted the polling station to remain open, confronted the Suthin's group. Shots were fired Suthin was hit twice and died before reaching the hospital.
His bathing ceremony, the first step in Buddhist funeral rites, was held Monday afternoon at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara.
