Insurgents killed four people in Yala and Pattani provinces yes-terday. A Buddhist married cou-ple were killed on their way to a rub-ber plantation in Yala early yesterday morning.
They were Sakhon Meethong, 42, and his wife, Sompit Meethong, 41. Police said the two were rubber tappers who worked for hire.
Also in Yala, a soldier, Corp Suriyan Jamsuwan, 25, was killed on the way to see his wife's home in Narathiwat. His wife Fatimoh Ardae, 26, accom-panied him on a motorcycle, but she did not sustain any injuries.
Meanwhile, a police sergeant major was fatally shot by insur-gents on his way to his police station in Pattani.
The shooting happened at 8.30am on the Narathiwat-Pattani Road in Tammasood Village in Yaring district.
Pol Sgt Maj Taleh Doloh died on his way to Yaring hospital after the shooting. Police said Taleh was riding his motorcycle to work when two insurgents on a motorcycle caught up with him and opened fire at him.