A village chief gunned down in Yala
Yala - Violence continued in this southernmost province as a Muslim village chief was shot to death on Friday by suspected Islamic militants in a drive-by shooting, police said on Friday.
Samart Raying, 67, was gunned down while riding a motorcycle in the province. Police beieved Samart was killed because he cooperated with authorities. The militants hid a bomb beside his bullet-ridden body, but police managed to defuse it. Local government officials, police, military are often targeted by Islamic insurgents but Muslims seen as sympathetic to the government are also attacked. The Nation
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