Two killed, three injured in Yala mosque shooting

Yala - Insurgents shot and killed a policeman and defence volunteer inside a mosque in this southern border province Friday afternoon.

Three civilians, who were praying nearby, were also injured, police said.

The attack occurred at the Anulyakin Mosque in Tua-ngor village in Tambon Budee of Mueang district at 1:45 pm.

Pol Sen Sgt Maj Arong Malaya of the Kotabaru police station was killed along with Mahama Yama, a defence volunteer.

Police said four assailants dressed like Muslim preachers arrived on two motorcycles and two of them walked inside the mosque and shot the policeman and volunteer, killing them at the scene.

The Nation