Two killed in separate attacks in South
Two more deadly attacks took place in the deep South yesterday, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra convened a meeting of security agencies on how to solve the unrest there.
Violence has plagued the southern border provinces since 2004.
Yesterday, unidentified attackers twice shot Areeya Pohji in Narathiwat's Si Sakhon district while he was riding his motorcycle home at dawn.
He was returning from a friend's house when the shooting took place. After Areeya and his vehicle fell to the road, his attackers poured petrol on his body and set him alight. He died at the scene.
Police believed the incident was related to the separatist insurgency in the area.
Two spent bullets from an assault rifle were found at the scene.
In Pattani, Arorfat Rakprat, a 23yearold nurse, was fatally shot while he was driving his motorcycle to a hospital yesterday afternoon.
The shooting took place on the Ban Klong TamTha Sai Road in Panare district.
Using an M16 automatic rifle, a gunman in a pickup opened fire on Arorfat, leaving him with fatal wounds.
At Government House, Yingluck chaired a meeting of security agencies yesterday afternoon to discuss the unrest.
Present were key figures such as Defence Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, Army chief General Prayuth Chanocha and National Intelligence Agency director Suwapan Tanyuwattana.
The meeting lasted for more than one hour. None of the participants would comment afterwards.
