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Violence broke out on Monday after more than 1,500 Muslims gathered outside Takbai police station to protest against the detention of six men.

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Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested then loaded onto a handful of military trucks and driven for several hours to an army camp.

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All relatives of the detainees could do was sit and wait for news of their loved ones.

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Officials admitted on Tuesday that at least 78 people had died while on the trucks, many from suffocation.

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Relatives desperately checked lists of the dead.

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For some, it brought the news they had most dreaded.

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As confirmation of the high death toll spread throughout Thailand's Muslim community, there were fears that the incident could trigger yet more violence.