2 killed, 2 injured in 3 shootings in South
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A woman was killed and her husband injured after two assailants on a motorcycle shot at them in Tambon Tha Sab in Yala's Muang district yesterday.
Meanwhile, a drive-by shooting in Yala's Bannang Sata district injured one villager and a man was shot dead in a third shooting in Pattani.
Saowaluck Intharawisut, 27, and husband Prinya Sitthipan, 29, were riding a motorcycle to Yala Market at around 8am when a gunman riding pillion on another motorbike shot them. Prinya shot back several times with his handgun, causing the assailants to flee. Saowaluck, who was shot in the back, was pronounced dead at Yala Hospital, while Prinya sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.
Another drive-by shooting occurred at 9.35am in Yala's Bannang Sata district, injuring Duangnet Khamsri, 34. The woman was taken to Bannang Sata Hospital with gunshot wounds to her torso.
A third shooting killed herb vendor Ama Awae, 44, who was a member of the Muang Pattani Defence amateur radio network, in a market in Pattani’s Muang district at noon. Four men on motorcycles, all wearing helmets, approached Ama as he was selling goods in the market. One of them shot him in the back of head two times before fleeing with Ama’s handgun and wallet.
