Schools in Narathiwat district closed following shooting of Thai-Muslim teacher
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Twenty-one schools in Narathiwat's Bajoh district were temporarily closed on Thursday after a teacher was shot dead in front of students at Ban Tanyong School in the district on Wednesday.
The schools are scheduled to reopen on Monday. Chonthee Charoenchon, 51, was shot in the head twice in the school's canteen, which was crowded with almost 300 students, by one of four suspected insurgents who had arrived on two motorcycles. Police said the suspects posed as parents of students.
Chonthee's keys were snatched from his belt and the attackers made off with the teacher's Nissan sedan.
The schools were closed as teachers, students and parents have no more confidence in the security measures.
The Nation
