Village headman-assistant shot, injured in Yala
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A village headman-assistant, Romeulee Maseng, 47, was shot and injured at 2am Tuesday in Tambon Ai Yer Weng, Betong district, Yala.
Romeulee had apparently stopped by a teashop on the YalaBetong Road after running errands in Bannang Sata district.
Two gunmen on a motorcycle also stopped at the teashop and one, pretending to be a customer, shot at Romeulee three times, hitting him in the arm, the stomach and the leg. Romeulee fired back but the gunmen escaped.
Police suspect the attack stemmed from a local political conflict, as Romeulee had acted as a canvasser for the Tambon Administrative Organisation President in the recent election, although they didn't totally rule out personal conflict and southern violence.
The Nation
