Man killed and beheaded in grisly Yala attack
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Insurgents continued their attacks on Yala province on Thursday, killing a man who was heading to a hospital, then beheading the corpse and burning the body.
Police said Tuandaoh Tuansulong, 58, was driving his pickup from his home in Bannang Sata district early in the morning to Yala Hospital where he was to receive dialysis treatment.
While he was driving on Talingchan-Sri Sakhon Road, he was ambushed by an unknown number of insurgents who shot him dead.
Police were alerted to the attack at 7am. By the time they arrived at the scene, the victim’s charred vehicle had been left on the road with his headless body, also burnt, in the back of the vehicle.
Police found his head, which had also been burned, at the roadside about five metres from the scene. The victim is believed to have been killed before being beheaded and burned, as police found a bullet wound to his head.
