Attackers kidnap, kill 2 policemen in southern Thailand

HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — Police in southern Thailand say two of their officers were abducted and later found dead in a ditch, with the pickup truck of one of the officers stolen and set on fire.
They say they are investigating whether the Tuesday night killings in Narathiwat province involved a personal dispute or the region’s Muslim separatist insurgency, which has claimed about 7,000 lives since 2004.
Police said Wednesday that four heavily armed attackers clad in black and camoufl