Funeral guests injured by gunfire
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Suspected insurgents sprayed gunfire at a bus carrying funeral guests in Pattani's Sai Buri district yesterday morning, leaving eight people injured. Among the victims, a 13-year-old girl and a 70-year-old woman were seriously hurt.
The shooting took place at 10.30am on Phetkasem Road as the bus carrying 42 residents from Panare district was heading to a funeral in Narathiwat.
Bus driver Rohim Sama-ali told police the assailants rode a motorcycle and shot at the bus with an AK rifle before fleeing. Rohim said he drove on to ask for help from a security unit at the Manang Dalam checkpoint.
