Army ranger shot dead in Yala

Police suspect an attack by southern insurgents or a personal conflict.
A man riding pillion on a motorcycle shot Bunphot Meeboon, 53, of the 41st Ranger Forces Regiment, twice as while he was driving a motorcycle on Sirorot Road. Bunphot was rushed to Yala Hospital, where he died of his wounds.
Police said they would check videos recorded by closed-circuit cameras near the scene of the shooting in an effort to trace the attackers.
In related news, nine villagers considered at risk of being recruited by insurgents met police at the Southern Border Provinces Police Operations Centre in Yala to prove that they are not involved with the insurgency.
The villagers are from Yi-ngor district in Narathiwat and Yaring district in Pattani.
They showed up at the centre to see if they were the subjects of arrest warrants. Police told them they had not issued any arrest warrants against them.