Couple shot in Sungai Kolok; business conflict suspected
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A husband and wife were seriously injured after gunmen opened fire at their pickup truck in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district yesterday morning. The husband later succumbed to his injuries.
Investigators said the window on the driver’s side was completely shattered.
Police said the attack took place on Prachawiwat Road, Soi 21 in Sungai Kolok municipality.
Lohaya Jehda, a 32yearold teacher at Ban Lalae School, and her husband, Abdul Awae, 51, were driving to the municipality when two men on a motorcycle approached their vehicle and shot at them five times with an 11mm handgun, before fleeing.
Lohaya was shot in her right arm but her husband, who was driving, took the bullets in his chest and torso.
Police suspect the attack involved a business conflict.
