Yala 's southern insurgency has dragged on for last March . `` If this had happened , it may have slowed down radicalization , '' Phasuk said . more than 9,000 people have been killed and About 5,300 injured . Thai separatists are calling for an independent state . Human rights groups say radical militants now dominate the insurgency .
Yala 's southern insurgency has dragged on for last March . more than 9,000 people have been killed and About 5,300 injured . Thai separatists are calling for an independent state . Human rights groups say radical militants now dominate the insurgency .