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Saturday, September 03, 2005

Guns don't kill people...

Machete-wielding Buddhist monks do.

[Though, to their credit - I guess - no one actually died...]

Machete-wielding Buddhist monks and novices brawl over woman
Canadian Press
Friday, September 02, 2005


BANGKOK (AP) - Police in northeastern Thailand issued arrest warrants Wednesday against machete-wielding monks and novices who brawled over a woman, urging their abbot to preserve the reputation of Buddhism by expelling them from the order.

More than a dozen monks and novices were involved in the street fight late Monday, with one of the trainees suffering a severe cut and the others sustaining bruises, said police Capt. Cheewin Kasilkam. "I will urge the abbot to (defrock) them before I file formal charges against the suspects today," Cheewin said...

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