Two killed in South
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A villager was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Yala's Raman district yesterday morning, Raman Police Station deputy chief Pol Lt-Colonel Ampai Chumchuay said.
While riding a motorcycle out of his house to drink tea with friends at Ban Pulai in Tambon Balor, the victim, Abdullateh Sata, 42, was shot dead by a gunman riding pillion on another motorcycle at 8.13am. Police suspected the motive was a personal conflict, drug-related issue or the ongoing southern violence.
Another local man Anwar Suleng, 30, was shot dead at 4.30pm yesterday on Sordungyor-Tanyongmas Road in Narathiwat’s Ra Ngae district by an unknown gunman on a pickup truck. The assailant pretended to buy oil from the victim and shot him dead with an M16 rifle.
