Authorities are investing the shooting of a 12 year-old female student from Pratheep Vithya who was hit by a stray bullet while standing inside her classroom on Wednesday.
Yala's governor Grisada Boonrach said the student is recovering well from the M16 bullet wound. Local residents suspected the bullet came from a military shooting range just over one kilometre nearby.
Grisada and Yala's Task Force commander, MG Surachet Chaiwong, visited Tambon Lidon, the residence of the victim, to reassure the school principle and the local villagers that a thorough investigation would be carried out.
Pratheep Vithya is a private Islamic school owned by the Abdulrohmae Jaesae, chairman of the Yala Islamic Committee.
Grisada said he has met Abdulrohmae twice on Wednesday to coordinate their work and to reassure the Muslim cleric of the government's plan to investigate the incident.
Grisada said the province of Yala will foot the bill for the student.