Village headman shot, severely injured in Yala
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A village headman was shot and severely injured while riding his motorcycle in Yala’s Bannang Sata district on Tuesday night but he managed to fire back and scare the assailants away, police said.
Hamah Museh, 50, head of Moo 4 village in Tambon Tanoh Puteh of Bannang Sata, was shot three times on his back by a pillion rider while he was riding his motorcycle to pray at a local mosque on Tuesday night.
After being shot, Hamah stopped his motorcycle, lay down and returned fire. Police said the two assailants abandoned their black Suzuki motorcycle and fled on foot into the darkness.
The village headman was rushed to the Bannang Sata hospital for preliminary treatment and later moved to the Yala provincial hospital.
