Unicef worries by attacks on schools in the south
The UN Children's Fund said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned by attacks on schools in the deep south after suspected militants gunned down a teacher in front of his students.
Four militants dressed in school uniforms to sneak onto the campus and kill a 48-year-old teacher in his classroom on Monday, police said. "Unicef is deeply concerned about the impact of the continuing violence upon children in southern Thailand," the agency said in a statement. "Under international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, schools must be treated as violence-free zones," it said. The government already provides armed military escorts for teachers as they travel to and from work, and soldiers stand guard at schools throughout the day. Teachers and schools are often targeted by the insurgents, who see them as trying to impose Buddhist Thai values on the region. The ministry of education reported earlier this month that 50 teachers had been killed and 47 more injured, while eight students had been killed and 37 injured. The Nation
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